'...The acting director of the Office of Personnel Management has told agency heads to begin firing federal employees who are on their probationary period, according to a source familiar with the decision. ..."the probationary period is a continuation of the job application process, not an entitlement for permanent employment," an OPM spokesman told Scripps News. ...'
'...The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to all federal employees who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the U.S. government at breakneck speed.
A memo from the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s human resources agency, also said it would begin subjecting all federal employees to "enhanced standards of suitability and conduct" and ominously warned of future downsizing. ...'
'...The official also said Trump will fully reform the federal bureaucracy by reestablishing presidential control over the career federal workforce and make clear to federal workers that they can be removed from posts for failing to comply with executive directives.
Trump will sign an executive order to strengthen presidential control over senior government officials and implement a new merit-based hiring review. Trump will also take action to return federal workers to in-person work.
The official also said Trump will end the "weaponization of the federal government," and "restore freedom of speech" and "end federal censorship." ...'
