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Chair warns proposed "schedule policy career" could block whistleblower complaints, witnesses say
Summary
At a congressional hearing, the chair and witnesses warned that a proposed Office of Personnel Management rule called "schedule policy career" (formerly Schedule F) could convert up to 50,000 career civil servants to at‑will employees and channel whistleblower complaints inside agencies, limiting independent review.
At a congressional hearing, the presiding member pressed witnesses on a proposed Office of Personnel Management rule called "schedule policy career" (formerly Schedule F), saying it could convert as many as 50,000 nonpartisan civil servants into at‑will employees and strip them of access to outside whistleblower review. "So the fox would be guarding the hen house," the chair said.
The chair asked Williams, a witness in the hearing, to explain how the rule would affect reclassified employees' ability to report fraud or…
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