President Trump Creates New Schedule G Federal Employee Classification
Impact Score: 3.4
Timeline: Not specified
Summary: On July 17, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing “Schedule G” positions for non-career, policy-oriented federal employees. These temporary roles focus on advancing the Administration’s agenda and are expected to end when the appointing President leaves office. The classification aims to enhance government efficiency and accountability by targeting bureaucratic inefficiencies, affecting agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs and broadly impacting federal hiring and policy-making processes.
Key Actions: Vanderbilt’s Office of Federal Relations should monitor Schedule G implementation, Political Science and education departments can research and adapt to policy changes, and the Career Center should prepare students for new federal roles.
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