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In the first two weeks, the Donald Trump administration presented a series of amazing moves in a clear attempt to reshape the federal workforce.
On the first day of his second non -successive period as an American president, Trump signed an executive order that would allow his administration to shoot tens of thousands of professional civil service employees.
It is known as Table F, to allow Trump to fill these situations with manually chosen loyalists. He took a similar step late in his first presidency, but the successor Joe Biden signed his executive order to cancel these plans.
After that, earlier this week in an email with the topic of “a thorn on the road”, “civil staff except those in migration and national security positions and US postal service staff” a deferred resignation program “were presented.
The employees were granted until February 6 to respond to the program, which will be paid in September.
“At this time, we cannot completely give you a fully guarantee regarding confirming your position or agency, but if your position is canceled, you will be treated with dignity.”
Many federal workers are represented by unions and have great protection from employment, and Some have advised quickly their ranks Not to have the offer.
Here is a brief look at the history and characteristics of the American Federal Manpower:
From a pistol to stroke
President Andrew Jackson, who announced Trump as a fan, was an enthusiastic practitioner to fill the federal work with loyalists and supporters of the Democratic Party in the 1930s. This alleged spoil system has flourished-as is the case, “to the victor, spoils”-contracts for time.
President James Garfield, who was elected in 1880, suggested some reforms for this system, while others in his Republican party have been involved. But as it was dedicated at that time, the White House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were immersed with letters of job seekers in the first weeks of Garfield in the job – even with the appearance of people personally to mention their case to work.
One of these was Charles Ghetto, a heavy -wing, who was getting used to presenting himself to officials in previous party events. The new administration has faded with requests for a diplomatic role in the plum abroad, both in Austria and France.
Garfield was said to have written “the boldness and insolence that is unparalleled”, according to the book, according to the book The fate of the Republic: The story of madness, medicine and the killing of the president By Kandis Milard.
Guiteau Garfield follows to the Baltimore train station and shot him in July 1881, the president dies after weeks of alleged medical complications.
Khalaf Garfield Chester Arthur in 1883 fell on the Bandalton Law, which was called the name of Senator Ohio George Bandalton, who submitted the draft law. Legislation has allocated protection against arbitrary dismissal and stimulating a movement towards a merit recruitment system, including admission exams, for many civil service positions.
Trump, Government and Project 2025
During his first term, Trump was against a “deep state” that he saw as hindering his agenda, especially in the Ministry of Justice, where the FBI achieved communications between his presidential campaign and his Russian influence. All of the Republicans in Congress also aimed to reduce the budget of the inner revenue circle.
After Trump’s defeat by Joe Biden in 2020, the Conservative Heritage Foundation led the Heritage Foundation for a group of conservative groups in contributing to the ideas called the project 2025. It was released in 2023, Project 2025 promised to “dismantle the administrative situation”.
The head of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, told the New York Times for what he was hoping to know if Trump was re -elected.
“People will lose their jobs,” he said. “The buildings will be closed. We hope they will be reused for the special industry.”
Meanwhile, Russell Fion, a co -author of 2025, faced a co -author. Controversial confirmation sessions To obtain a possible return as director of the management and budget office – a date indicating Trump’s intention to use the 2025 project as a scheme, despite his attempts to campaign campaign for a mission of the plan. “
Watch l explanation of the project 2025:
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Federal workforce scaling
PEW Research, based on data from the Personnel Management Office and the Labor Statistics Office, estimated that as of 2024 Federal employees’ employees outside Washington, DC, and surrounding areas such as Maryland and Virginia.
California and Texas enjoy the largest units of federal employees – about 278,000 people together – while harsh red states such as Alabama, Mississippi and Montana have a large number of federal workers for their residents. In addition, an estimated 30,000 federal employees work abroad.
A wide range of federal departments of transport, energy, health and internal, which oversees the American national parks, reflects any number of professions within the government. For example, Pio delivered the available data: 2500 welding, 580 mapping fees, 43 zoologists and 21 bakers.
As much as the number of employees, there is an estimated 2.3 million civil workers. In addition, more than 600,000 people are working in the American post service, an independent federal agency with a semi -independent position.
Regarding the size of the department, the affairs of the old warriors employs about 500,000 people, while there are about 220,000 in the Ministry of Internal Security, which were not present until 2003. The four branches of the army unite to include about 760,000 civilian individuals; The 1.3 million active service members are not considered federal employees.
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Is the government great size?
While the numbers appear to be great, according to the political world without Mounenhan, “as a percentage of the total population, the federal workforce is at its lowest historical levels.”
“We have the same number of federal employees who had in the 1960s, although the government is doing and spending much more now,” Minihan, head of public policy at Harris at Ford College of Policy, Written in November.
While the additional growth in the numbers of the federal workforce was tracked between 2000 and 2024, when 550,000 employees were additional, this is still shy about the peak immediately before the early 1990s.
The American public sector is also, on a relative basis, smaller than it in countries such as Canada, Britain and France, According to the International Labor Organization.
“A very bad way to go”
Among the developed countries, the United States is also the current level of politicization, Moinhan books.
About 4000 jobs in the government appointed politicians who routinely change from a presidential administration to another.
Political scientist David E Lewis, in the 2010 book Policy of Presidential appointments: political control and bureaucratic performanceAmerican political dates – about 3000 at that time – varied to France, Britain and Germany, where the same number was likely to be less than 200.
Watch the latest on the threats of the US tariff for Canada:
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Political scientist John Delelio Junior, On podcast William Christol, a former Reagan administration official, said last year if the goal is to employ the largest possible number.
In addition, he said that a more exciting way to reduce bloating in billions of dollars can be found in governmental contracts for private sellers.
Delolio said that re -renovation of Table F would be closer to the “hostile acquisition” as shown in the private sector every time the administration has changed political parties.
“There can be no long -term layout,” he said. “You will grow people who are only essentially waiting for the next administration to come and change everything. You will not have people who do nothing, because not doing anything is the safest thing. Bad way to go.”
The legitimacy of the resignation step has been interrogated by the Democrats in Congress and public sector unions, but whether it had succeeded beside this point, the American Federation suggested to government employees Evert Kelly in a statement.
“It is clear that the Trump administration’s goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want it,” Kelly said.
