Overview

• President Trump signed an executive order on July 17 to create Schedule G as a new classification for non-career federal policy roles.
• Schedule G employees will serve at the president’s pleasure and are generally expected to leave government when the appointing administration ends.
• The White House argues the new track will boost agency performance by increasing the “horsepower” for implementing administration policies.
• The executive order points to an absence of an excepted service schedule for noncareer policy-advocating positions as its justification.
• Scholars and public service leaders warn that Schedule G overlaps with existing Schedule C authorities and further politicizes the civil service.