Trump admin moves to more easily fire federal workers

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration finalized a rule on Thursday that would make it easier to fire an estimated 50,000 federal employees.

The Office of Personnel Management published its final rule Thursday to authorize that policy influencing positions be moved to Schedule Policy/Career designations, which makes them easier to eliminate.

The federal government maintains 2,252162 employees across its various agencies, according to the Department of Government Efficiency. It costs more than $211 billion in wages for these employees across the government.

“This will allow agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or obstruct the democratic process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives,” the Office of Personnel Management wrote.

The Office of Perso...