Federal agencies must seek approval before allowing current or former political appointees to move into career civil service jobs, the Office of Personnel Management said in a memo to the government’s top human resources officials.
Approval is required for conversions into the civil service by people who held political appointments during the past five years, OPM Associate Director Mark Lambert said in the memo Monday.
The memo comes as questions arise about some appointees of former President Donald Trump moving into civil service jobs. For example, Michael Ellis became the National Security Agency’s general counsel a day before President Joe ...
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