
Trump admin moves to more easily fire federal workers at 2 agencies: report
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President Donald Trump's administration is reclassifying federal workers at the Department of Energy and the NOAA in order to more easily fire them.
"I understand that there is a lot of concern and uncertainty about Schedule Policy/Career and want to provide the best information currently available," acting assistant administrator Emily Menashes wrote in an email to affected employees at the NOAA on Tuesday. Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
Most federal workers have protections requiring that they only be fired for cause. Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office creating a new classification of worker that can be fired at will, however.