# Federal worker advocates file legal challenges to DOGE, Schedule F

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/federal-worker-advocates-file-legal-challenges-to-doge-schedule-f/
- Published: 2025-01-25T10:00:39-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: Members of the American Federation of Government Employees set up a banner before a protest of a government shutdown on Jan. 8, 2019, in Philadelphia. Image credit: Mark Makela / Getty Images. Article by Madison Alder. FedScoop – January 22, 2025.  Federal worker advocates are among those challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to establish a Department of Government Efficiency organization and remove employment protections for certain civil service workers. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Public Citizen, the American Federation of Government Employees and the State Democracy Defenders […] Click here to view original web page at fedscoop.com Executive Orders referenced in the article: Executive Order – January 20, 2025: Establishing and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency”  Executive Order – January 20, 2025: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions within the Federal Workforce Executive Order – October 21, 2020: Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service