Tracking every rollback, reversal, and overreach — and the path back to the America we know.
Executive Order 14284 modifies probationary periods for federal employees, adjusting hiring and retention practices across government agencies. The order affects the employment terms and job security of federal workers by altering the initial probationary employment framework. This impacts millions of federal employees and the agencies they work for through changed personnel management policies.
On January 20, 2025, the Trump administration signed Memorandum 2025-02042 directing the Office of Personnel Management to restore Schedule F classification, which removes civil service protections from certain senior career federal employees. The memorandum eliminates job protections and due process requirements for affected employees, allowing them to be removed more easily. This directly impacts thousands of career federal workers in senior positions who lose employment protections previously guaranteed under civil service law.
On November 12, 2019, the Trump administration signed Memorandum 2019-25118 delegating removal authority over the Federal Service Impasses Panel to the Office of Personnel Management Director. This memorandum transferred decision-making power over federal employee labor disputes from an independent panel to a presidentially-appointed official. The direct effect was to shift control of federal labor dispute resolution away from a bipartisan panel toward executive branch authority.
On April 24, 2019, President Trump signed Executive Order 13869 transferring responsibility for conducting federal background investigations from the Office of Personnel Management to the Department of Defense. The order consolidated background investigation functions under DoD authority. The confirmed effect was a structural shift in how federal background checks for security clearances and employment are conducted, moving this function from a civilian agency to a military department.