Reports

On Inauguration Day in 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing the Office of Personnel Management and other federal agencies to take the radical step of removing long-standing due process protections from tens of thousands of career federal employees in “policy-influencing” positions. Stripped of the safeguards enshrined in the federal merit system, these employees will lose any right to appeal their firing or other adverse action taken against them under a new regulation that is based on the president’s executive order.

Since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has undertaken the most radical transformation of the federal government in over a half-century, arbitrarily slashing the federal workforce, unilaterally dismantling agencies and eliminating critical programs and services.

Retirement. Disability. Medicare. Insurance claims. Passport applications. Taxes. Student loans. These are all stressful, emotionally charged issues that millions of Americans deal with every day – but they shouldn’t have to deal with difficult-to-access services and poor customer experience too.

How the Federal Workforce is Impacted During a Government Shutdown (2025 Update) This analysis was published on Oct. 8, 2025 to reflect the impact of the shutdown that began on Oct. 1, 2025. Government shutdowns have a profound effect on our nation’s federal employees and the American people—curtailing the ability of civil servants to do their...