Punching In: Trump Puts Pressure on Senior Federal Employees

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

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Courtney Rozen: Tucked into President Donald Trump’s wide-reaching overhaul of the federal workforce is an order to push out agency staff that have traditionally kept the government running across administrations.

Trump is exerting more power than his predecessors over the senior executive service, the high-level managers that work just below the president’s appointees in nearly every federal agency.

The president said the constitution gives him the power to fire them and appoint loyalists to lead the boards that vet candidates for the senior ...