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Reinstate Schedule F or an equivalent policy-career system

Project 2025 supports reinstating Schedule F or an equivalent system for policy-influencing career positions.

Project 2025 said

Reissue Trump’s Schedule F executive order to permit discharge of nonperforming employees.
Chapter
16 · Department of the Interior
Author
William Perry Pendley
Department
Federal civil service
Printed page
536
PDF page
568
Last verified
August 16, 2026
Open Project 2025 — Chapter 16, printed page 536PDF viewer page 568

Heritage full-PDF viewer index verified against the 32-page front-matter offset.

Compared with

Government did

Match: Direct Match

Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce

Executive Order 14171 reinstated the earlier Schedule F framework under the name Schedule Policy/Career and directed OPM implementation.

Action type
Executive Order
Identifier
Executive Order 14171
Current status
Under Litigation
In effect
Yes
Last verified
August 16, 2026

Why this match

Project 2025 explicitly recommends reissuing Schedule F. EO 14171 reinstated that framework and renamed it Schedule Policy/Career.

Additional government actions

Match: Strong Alignment

Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service

Executive Order 14410 placed listed policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career and directed agencies to update records and practices.

Why this match: EO 14410 implements the reinstated Schedule Policy/Career framework by placing listed positions into it. This is a strong implementation follow-on rather than the reissuance itself.

How this can change

Reversibility: Moderate

Presidential Rescission

A President can revoke or amend EO 14410. OPM and agencies can change implementation within governing law; Congress can amend civil-service statutes, and courts can review the action.

Authority: Congress · President · Agency · Courts

Reversibility: Moderate

Presidential Rescission

A President can revoke or amend EO 14171. OPM can change its final rule through lawful rulemaking; Congress can amend governing civil-service statutes, and courts can review the framework.

Authority: Congress · President · Agency · Courts

Litigation

Government Accountability Project v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 1:25-cv-00347

Current status: Ongoing in the district court as of August 16, 2026.

Amended complaint filed June 24, 2026; no injunction or merits judgment identified through August 16, 2026.

Injunction scope: No injunction identified as of August 16, 2026.

Appeal: No appeal identified; district-court proceedings ongoing.

Government Accountability Project v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 1:25-cv-00347

Current status: Ongoing in the district court as of August 16, 2026.

Amended complaint filed June 24, 2026; no injunction or merits judgment identified through August 16, 2026.

Injunction scope: No injunction identified as of August 16, 2026.

Appeal: No appeal identified; district-court proceedings ongoing.

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Project 2025 text

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative PromiseThe Heritage Foundation · Project 2025 Text · p. 536

Government action

Executive Order 14171 — Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal WorkforceFederal Register · Government ActionExecutive Order 14410 — Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted ServiceThe White House · Government Action

Current legal status

Schedule Policy/CareerU.S. Office of Personnel Management · Current StatusSchedule Policy/CareerU.S. Office of Personnel Management · Current Status

Court records

Amended Complaint — Government Accountability Project v. U.S. Office of Personnel ManagementU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (copy hosted by plaintiffs counsel) · Current StatusAmended Complaint — Government Accountability Project v. U.S. Office of Personnel ManagementU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (copy hosted by plaintiffs counsel) · DocketAmended Complaint — Government Accountability Project v. U.S. Office of Personnel ManagementU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (copy hosted by plaintiffs counsel) · Current StatusAmended Complaint — Government Accountability Project v. U.S. Office of Personnel ManagementU.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (copy hosted by plaintiffs counsel) · DocketGovernment Accountability Project v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management — Docket SummaryCivil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse · Current StatusGovernment Accountability Project v. U.S. Office of Personnel Management — Docket SummaryCivil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse · Current Status

Supporting primary sources

Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil ServiceFederal Register · Supporting Primary