GOP Leadership Looking Into Career Appointments at USTR, Treasury
Majority leadership of Senate Finance and House Ways and Means are requesting that four federal agencies, including the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Treasury, provide information about every employee who has been “converted” from non-career to career positions,…
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noting in letters to the agencies (here and here) that the issue is particularly important as the nation approaches election of a new president in November. Laws governing employee conversions from political to career positions are meant to prevent federal agencies from hiring employees for career positions based on political influence, Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, wrote in their letter. The lawmakers are requesting that for every converted employee, the agencies provide information to their committees by March 1. USTR did not immediately respond to a request for comment.