USSS Reforms: More Funding & Training After Trump Incident
USSS implements reforms after Trump incident: disciplinary actions, updated training, increased funding ($3.5B), and a surge in applications. Focus on security and protectee safety.
Partnership for Public Service offers an alternative to “burning down” the civil service
The roadmap stands as a stark rebuke of proposals like Schedule F, the unsuccessful 2020 effort to convert tens of thousands of career federal workers in “policy-related” out of the competitive service, effectively making them at-will employees.