A coalition of federal employees sued the Trump administration to stop the termination of job protections for career staff, claiming the administration doesn’t have the power to do so.
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, a group that advocates for retired government workers, accused the Office of Personnel Management of violating the Administrative Procedure Act when it directed agencies to compile lists of career positions that should lose certain job protections by late April. That law requires agencies collect opinions from the public before implementing a new regulation.
The Trump administration did not follow that process when it ...
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