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he Trump administration is advancing a plan to reclassify certain career civil servants as “at-will” federal employees, a change it says will make it easier to remove workers deemed underperforming or obstructive.“Following my Day One Executive Order, the Office of Personnel Management will be issuing new Civil Service Regulations for career government employees,” President Trump posted on Truth Social. “Going forward, career government employees working on policy matters will be classified as ‘Schedule Policy/Career’ and will be held to the highest standards of conduct and performance. If they refuse to advance the president’s policy agenda or engage in corrupt behavior, they should not remain employed.”The White House said the rule—previously known as “Schedule F”—will allow federal agencies to more swiftly remove employees in policy-related roles for misconduct, poor performance, or failure to implement presidential directives, without having to go through extended administrative procedures.According to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), approximately 50,000 positions could eventually be reclassified under the new designation. Currently, civil servants enjoy more job protections than political appointees, a system designed to limit disruption between administrations. Axios was the first to report the administration’s intention to reduce some of those protections.The proposed rule would amend civil service regulations to allow policy-influencing career employees to serve at-will, bypassing complex disciplinary and appeals processes. It also reverses Biden-era rules that shielded employees accused of poor performance.The White House said these workers would retain their competitive status and would not be required to support the president personally or politically—but would be expected to implement the law and administration policies.The proposed changes follow an executive order President Trump signed on his first day in office this January, which established a new classification for many civil servants, effectively removing job protections from a large number of policy-focused roles.Positions such as Border Patrol agents and wage and hour inspectors are expected to be excluded from the changes.The reclassification won’t take immediate effect; individual roles would be reassigned through an executive order after a final rule is issued, the White House said. This effort is part of a broader initiative by the Trump administration to reduce the size and reshape the structure of the federal workforce.