The Trump administration is moving to make it easier to potentially dismiss career officials in senior government roles, a step that could affect about 50,000 federal workers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is expected to issue a final rule on Thursday creating a category for high-ranking career employees involved in carrying out administration policies, the report said.
Workers in the category would be exempted from long-standing civil service protections that make federal workers difficult to fire, the WSJ said.