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Executive Order 14171
2025 executive order restoring and amending the Schedule F workforce policy
Document details
- Signed
- January 20, 2025
- President
- Donald Trump
- Full title
- Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
- Policy label
- Schedule Policy/Career
Executive Order 14171, issued in January 2025, reinstated and amended the earlier Schedule F policy.
Restoration
The order reinstated Executive Order 13957 of October 2020 with amendments and renamed Schedule F as Schedule Policy/Career.
Civil-service requirements
The order says positions remain career-based and need not be filled by people who personally or politically support the president. It obliges affected employees to implement lawful administration policies and directs OPM to revise applicable rules.
Subsequent action
Executive Order 14410 of June 3, 2026 prescribed further implementation, including the transfer process for specified policy-influencing positions.
References
Research compiled through November 12, 2026. Sources and historical roles are dated where known.