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Deadline Extended: Fight Efforts to Politicize Your Job! Submit Comments by June 7

Help us fight back! Submit comments to OPM telling the agency why a nonpartisan, merit-based civil service is essential to providing services to the American public. The deadline for submitting comments is Saturday, June 7 at 11:59 p.m.

The Trump administration is once again trying to shift large numbers of employees into a new category the Administration believes will make them at-will and more easily fired. This new category, in the Administration's view, will be unprotected from terminations for partisan reasons.

Currently, regulations ban efforts to replace federal employees with political loyalists. The administration is proposing to take away these protective regulations.

Federal employees can submit comments to OPM in their personal capacity, by name or anonymously. The process is easy, and we recommend you take this opportunity to speak directly to the administration and voice your objections.

The Federal Unionists Network (FUN) compiled a resource on how to craft an effective comment. The tip sheet includes FAQs, a list of the most effective arguments, example comments and helpful prompts for ChatGPT.

Submit your comments to OPM today!