Posts tagged Patronage System
IFPTE Joins With Federal Workers Alliance to Urge DOD to Support NDAA Provision to Prevent Patronage System in Federal Government
IFPTE Joins With Federal Workers Alliance to Urge DOD to Support NDAA Provision to Prevent Patronage System in Federal Government

IFPTE joined the Federal Workers Alliance letter to Defense Secretary Austin, Deputy Secretary Hicks, and Under Secretary of Defense Cisneros requesting DoD weigh in with Congress and support inclusion of language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent “Schedule F” or any similar effort from a presidential administration to weaken and politicize the federal civil service and circumvent merit principles, due process and competitive hiring for federal workers.

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Government, Labor RightsFaraz KhanNDAA, Schedule F, Patronage System
IFPTE Letter to House and Senate to Include Language in NDAA to Protect Merit Principles in Civil Service and Block Executive Branch from Creating a Patronage System
IFPTE Letter to House and Senate to Include Language in NDAA to Protect Merit Principles in Civil Service and Block Executive Branch from Creating a Patronage System

IFPTE continued to push Congress to pass legislation that protects "the federal civil service so that it cannot be undermined by a presidential administration that seeks to replace nonpartisan career federal employees... with political operatives who are hired and fired at the whim of the administration." This is urgent and high priority for IFPTE, for federal unions, and for organizations that support good governance, democracy and accountability, and quality public services.

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GovernmentCandace Rhettfederal civil service, Patronage System, NDAA, Excepted Service