Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service

The order directs federal agencies to transfer senior policy-influencing career positions into a newly defined Schedule Policy/Career in the excepted service, exempting those positions from certain adverse action procedures while maintaining merit-based hiring and competitive status for affected employees. It also amends Civil Service Rules and Regulations and previous executive orders to implement Schedule Policy/Career, requires agencies to recognize and reward outstanding work in these positions, and modifies specific regulatory text (e.g., changes to 5 CFR 1.3(d) and additions to 5 CFR 3.1(a)).