Workforce Executive Orders Miss the Mark, Observers Say

Government Executive: Although the Trump administration said its recent executive orders on the federal workforce will make agencies more efficient and solve age-old performance management difficulties, good government observers said the measures will do little to alleviate the problem.

An order aiming to streamline the disciplinary and firing process for federal workers instructs agencies to standardize the length of performance improvement plans at 30 days, shorten the time frame for other adverse personnel decisions, and exclude adverse personnel actions from the internal grievance process.

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