This afternoon, we are seeing the first wave of federal scientists whose positions are being politicized & stripped of their employment protections.
This is “schedule P/C” (previously “schedule F”) and I’ll link other posts about different agencies in this thread (1/x)
Liz Neeley
Here are the CDC positions they are saying are in the excepted service as policy roles — including "Epidemiologist," "Research Epidemiologist," and "Health Scientist."
Chris Geidner
Trump just signed order "reclassifying" ~8,000 civil servants so they are easier to fire for political reasons -- this has been in the works since his first term www.govexec.com/workforce/20...