Civil Service Reform

Tales From the Swamp: How Federal Bureaucrats Resisted President Trump

American democracy operates on the principle of government by the consent of the governed. Americans regularly elect the president and Members of Congress. However, difficult-to-fire career employees with entrenched job security—not political appointees who serve at the discretion of the president—perform most federal work. These employees’ jobs do not depend on election outcomes. Career employees thus exercise federal power without adequate transparency and democratic accountability.

2024 IMPACT REPORT: Advancing the America First Agenda

2021 Fighting
Filed a landmark lawsuit against Meta, YouTube, and Twitter to combat Big Tech censorship.
Led the Save America Coalition with 100+ conservative organizations to oppose the Biden Administration’s $5 trillion “Build Back Better Bill.”

Biden-Harris Administration Reinstates FIRED VA Employees  

Employees Accused of Mistreating Veterans Receive $134 Million in Back Pay.

SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Case

AFPI Comment on Proposed Office of Personnel Management Regulation That Would Prevent the Reinstatement of Schedule F

America First Policy Institute (AFPI) submits the following comments in opposition to the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) proposed rule purporting to extend removal protections to career officials in positions of a confidential, policy-determining, policymaking, or policy-advocating character (hereafter “policy-influencing positions”). See Upholding Civil Service Protections and Merit System Principles, 88 Fed. Reg. 63862 (proposed Sept. 18, 2023), Docket ID OPM–2023–0013, RIN 3206–AO56.