House Panel OKs Two-Year Probation for New Federal Hires

A bill that would establish two-year probationary periods for newly hired federal employees and newly promoted federal managers is set up for a possible vote on the House floor.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 19-17 along party lines to approve the Ensuring a Qualified Civil Service Act (H.R. 4182) Nov. 2.

The committee also approved, by voice vote, a bill (H.R. 1132) that would require most political appointees to wait two years before they can be hired as career federal employees. Political appointees are selected by the president’s administration and some are subject ...