# Trump strips civil-service protections from thousands of feds

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/trump-strips-civil-service-protections-from-thousands-of-feds/
- Published: 2026-06-05T09:15:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: President Donald J. Trump signs Executive Orders in the Oval Office, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Molly Riley via Flickr. US government work. Article by Erich Wagner. Defense One – June 3, 2026. Executive Order: Implementing Schedule Policy / Career in the Excepted Service. Some 8,000 career federal workers were stripped of civil-service protections on Wednesday by President Trump, who ordered their positions to be converted into at-will employment. The edict marks the culmination of a years-long push to make it easier to fire federal employees in “policy-related” jobs by removing them from the federal government’s competitive service and placing them in a new job category, initially called Schedule F and now referred to as Schedule Policy/Career. […] Click here to view original web page at www.defenseone.com Related articles: Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers – NPR Trump Makes It Easier to Fire Thousands of Federal Workers – Time Nearly 8,000 federal positions lose workforce protections under Trump order – FedScoop Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio