Federal Data Users

Im guessing others have already seen this but wanted to share it
widely since I just saw it in the federal register.  It is intense. It
is 43 pages. It says "trump" 64 times.

Public Comment: OPM proposed rule to increase career employee accountability.

Summary: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule
to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report
great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or
misconduct. The proposed rule lets policy-influencing positions be
moved into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career
jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions
excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This will allow
agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who
engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or undermine the democratic
process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives.

An excerpt:
Reports now indicate that some career employees intend to undermine
the policy agenda of the second Trump Administration. Some Federal
employees have openly acknowledged these plans. The Washington Post
recently covered an EPA career employee explaining that "she and her
co-workers are focused on how to make sure the new administration does
not walk back environmental regulations achieved under Biden." [143]
An undercover journalist documented an employee in the White House
Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy explaining that if
he was given an order he opposed he "would either try to block it or
resign"....[144]"........Based on further review, and the evidence
discussed above, OPM now concludes that this is a widespread
phenomenon, albeit one that many federal employees do not engage in.
Researchers widely report such behavior occurs, with well documented
case studies. Many Trump Administration officials reported it
occurred, career employees told reporters they were doing it, and they
advised their colleagues about how to do it openly through the press.
As mentioned above, an EEOC administrative judge even broadcast her
intention to resist presidential directives to the entire agency.
Beyond these case studies, polling shows a plurality of senior Federal
employees would subvert directives they personally opposed. There is
overwhelming evidence that a significant number of career employees
bring their personal politics into their official duties."

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/23/2025-06904/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-23/pdf/2025-06904.pdf

ASA submitted its comments yesterday, urging exceptions be stated explicitly in the final rule for three
types of statistical and scientific positions: (i) all employees of federal statistical agencies, units, offices,
as well as the OMB Office of the Chief Statistician; (ii) positions in research funding agencies and offices
that, after research funding priorities have been determined by the agency's or office's leadership, carry
out the work to write and distribute the solicitation, direct and oversee such work as the review of
proposals, and rank the proposals; and (iii) positions in federal government that evaluate and assess
scientific findings and the converging scientific evidence. 

https://www.amstat.org/docs/default-source/amstat-documents/pol-schedule-policy_careernprm_astata_response.pdf