Trump executive order reclassifies thousands of science agency jobs as political appointments, alarming experts
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Jeffrey Mervis
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President Trump issued an executive order converting thousands of federal science agency job titles from protected civil service to at-will political appointments. The list of 2,481 positions appears arbitrary and confusing to experts, with NIH programs and leadership hit especially hard while other science agencies are barely mentioned. Science policy analysts are struggling to understand how the job titles were selected and what the reclassification will mean for federal research funding.
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Experts struggle to understand new list of political jobs at science agencies
NIH programs and leadership are hit especially hard, while other science agencies are barely mentioned
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