Block Schedule F and Restore Civil Service Protections

8,000 senior civil servants lost the right to be fired only for cause.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked June 3, 2026.

The Letter

Subject Pass the Saving the Civil Service Act

An executive order reclassified 8,000 senior civil servants as at-will employees who can be fired without cause, notice, or appeal. The designation, called Schedule Policy/Career, targets supervisors of lawyers at the Justice Department, scientists at NIH, and senior career staff across every federal agency. The total number of eligible positions could reach hundreds of thousands.

The federal government employs 2.3 million civilians. Before this order, approximately 4,000 political appointees could be dismissed at will. That number has now doubled. The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 established merit-based protections specifically to prevent political purges of career expertise. This order bypasses those protections by executive reclassification.

Pass the Saving the Civil Service Act to block Schedule Policy/Career reclassifications. Require that any reclassification of career positions receive congressional approval. Hold oversight hearings on the impact of removing whistleblower protections and MSPB appeal rights from senior career staff.

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I'm calling about the Schedule Policy/Career executive order that reclassified 8,000 federal workers as at-will employees.
These workers can now be fired without cause, notice, or appeal. Whistleblower protections and MSPB appeals are gone for reclassified positions.
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created merit-based protections to prevent political purges. This order bypasses them.
Pass the Saving the Civil Service Act and require congressional approval before career positions can be reclassified.
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The Facts Behind the Ask

8,000 senior civil servants reclassified as at-will employees in the June 2026 executive order (source)
50,000 total federal employees targeted for reclassification under the OPM rule (source)
2.3 million total federal civilian workforce (source)

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