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Executive Order 14410
2026 executive order implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the federal service
Document details
- Signed
- June 3, 2026
- President
- Donald Trump
- Title
- Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service
- Operative predecessor
- Executive Order 14171 (2025)
Executive Order 14410, signed June 3, 2026, implemented the Schedule Policy/Career category in the federal civil service.
Implementation
Executive Order 14410 directed the transfer of senior policy-influencing positions into Schedule Policy/Career and amended relevant civil-service rules and executive orders.
Employment status
Its text says positions are career roles selected based on merit rather than political affiliation, while modifying adverse-action procedures. It does not convert every federal employee into a political appointee.
Legal chronology
The order implements an amended approach first announced in 2020 and reinstated in 2025; these separate decisions have distinct dates, language and procedural effects.
References
Research compiled through November 12, 2026. Sources and historical roles are dated where known.