Grand Theft America / Receipt power-2026-02-06-001
The Schedule F rule clears the way to purge the civil service
The Office of Personnel Management published its final “Schedule Policy/Career” rule, effective March 9, 2026.
What happened
The Office of Personnel Management published the final "Schedule Policy/Career" rule—the revived Schedule F—clearing the legal path to strip job protections from career civil servants. It took effect March 9, 2026 and set up the June order that began moving employees into at-will status.
Why it matters
The dry regulation that makes every later purge legal. Alone it reads as bureaucratic housekeeping; in fact it creates the legal capacity to replace protected civil servants with presidentially selected employees, in an election year. It turns “we would like to fire the people who say no” into “we can.”
Receipt details
- Phase 1
- Purge the people who'd say no
- Convert career officials to at-will employment
