🧾 Trump Creates “Schedule G” to Fast-Track Political Appointees at VA and Beyond

President Trump has issued a new executive order creating “Schedule G”, a noncareer federal employee classification meant to install political appointees in policymaking roles across federal agencies—including the VA .

Schedule G positions:

• Are exempt from civil service protections
• Are expected to end when the President leaves office
• Focus on “policy-making or policy-advocating” work
• Will “streamline” agency hiring to implement the White House’s agenda faster

Although the order claims it will improve “efficiency,” critics warn this is a resurrection of Schedule F by another name, aimed at:

• Politicizing the federal workforce
• Undermining nonpartisan expertise
• Circumventing unionized career employees

The White House specifically noted VA would benefit from “streamlined appointments for key policy roles”—a likely signal of further attempts to sideline or replace career leadership with loyalist picks.

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