Trump's latest executive order creates new classification of federal employees

President Trump penned a new executive order on Thursday to form a new classification of noncareer federal employees who will be hired to “help faithfully implement the President’s policy agenda.” 

The employees will be listed under the classification "Schedule G" and will engage in "policy-making or policy-advocating work," according to the White House. 

Schedule G jobs will be noncareer positions, which will “generally” be expected to end once the president who appointed them leaves the Oval Office. The classification does not apply to career positions or career workers. 

“President Trump believes creating non-career Schedule G positions will enhance government efficiency and accountability and improve services provided to taxpayers by increasing the horsepower for agency implementation of Administration policy,” the White House said on Thursday. 

The White House has argued that the new classification of federal government employees will boost operations, especially at the Department of Veterans Affairs, “by streamlining appointments for key policy roles.” 

The administration did not list how many workers would be considered under the new classification. 

In April, the administration proposed a rule to reclassify thousands of career federal government employees as "at-will" workers, empowering “federal agencies to swiftly remove employees in policy-influencing roles for poor performance, misconduct, corruption, or subversion of Presidential directives, without lengthy procedural hurdles.”