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Executive Order 14003 of January 22, 2021 

Protecting the Federal Workforce 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: 

Section 1. Policy. Career civil servants are the backbone of the Federal 

workforce, providing the expertise and experience necessary for the critical 

functioning of the Federal Government. It is the policy of the United States 

to protect, empower, and rebuild the career Federal workforce. It is also 

the policy of the United States to encourage union organizing and collective 

bargaining. The Federal Government should serve as a model employer. 

Sec. 2. Revocation of Schedule F. (a) The creation of a new Schedule 

F excepted service category in Executive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020 

(Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service), not only was unnecessary 

to the conditions of good administration, but also undermined the foundations of the civil service and its merit system principles, which were essential 

to the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883’s repudiation of the 

spoils system. Accordingly, to enhance the efficiency of the civil service 

and to promote good administration and systematic application of merit 

system principles, Executive Order 13957 is hereby revoked. 

(b) The heads of all executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall, 

consistent with law, immediately suspend, revise, or rescind proposed actions, decisions, petitions, rules, regulations or other guidance pursuant 

to, or to effectuate, Executive Order 13957. The Director of the Office of 

Personnel Management (OPM) shall immediately cease processing or granting 

any petitions that seek to convert positions to Schedule F or to create 

new positions in Schedule F. 

Sec. 3. Revocation of Certain Presidential and Regulatory Actions. (a) Executive Order 13836 of May 25, 2018 (Developing Efficient, Effective, and CostReducing Approaches to Federal Sector Collective Bargaining), is hereby 

revoked. The Interagency Labor Relations Working Group is hereby disbanded 

and the Director of OPM shall withdraw all materials issued by this working 

group that are inconsistent with the policy set forth in section 1 of this 

order. 

(b) Executive Order 13837 of May 25, 2018 (Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, and Efficiency in Taxpayer-Funded Union Time Use), is hereby 

revoked. 

(c) Executive Order 13839 of May 25, 2018 (Promoting Accountability 

and Streamlining Removal Procedures Consistent with Merit System Principles), is hereby revoked. 

(d) The Presidential Memorandum of October 11, 2019 (Executive Orders 

13836, 13837, and 13839), is hereby revoked. 

(e) The heads of agencies whose practices were covered by Executive 

Orders 13836, 13837, and 13839 (affected agencies) shall review and identify 

existing agency actions related to or arising from those orders. Such actions 

include: 

(i) Actions related to the authorization of union time described in sections 

4(b) and 5(b) of Executive Order 13837; 

(ii) Actions related to the system for monitoring the use of union time 

described in section 5(c) of Executive Order 13837; 


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(iii) Guidance promulgated pursuant to section 7(d) of Executive Order 

13837; 

(iv) Actions taken pursuant to section 8 of Executive Order 13837; 

(v) Revisions to discipline and unacceptable performance policies, including ones codified in bargaining agreements, issued pursuant to section 

7(b) of Executive Order 13839; and 

(vii) The final rule entitled ‘‘Probation on Initial Appointment to a Competitive Position, Performance-Based Reduction in Grade and Removal Actions 

and Adverse Actions,’’ 85 Fed. Reg. 65940 (October 16, 2020). 

(f) The heads of affected agencies shall, as soon as practicable, suspend, 

revise, or rescind, or publish for notice and comment proposed rules suspending, revising, or rescinding, the actions identified in the review described 

in subsection (e) of this section, as appropriate and consistent with applicable 

law and the policy set forth in section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 4. Ensuring the Right to Engage in Collective Bargaining. The head 

of each agency subject to the provisions of chapter 71 of title 5, United 

States Code, shall elect to negotiate over the subjects set forth in 5 U.S.C. 

7106(b)(1) and shall instruct subordinate officials to do the same. 

Sec. 5. Progress Toward a Living Wage for Federal Employees. The Director 

of OPM shall provide a report to the President with recommendations to 

promote a $15/hour minimum wage for Federal employees. 

Sec. 6. Severability. If any provision of this order, or the application of 

such provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the 

remainder of this order and the application of such provision to other 

persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. 

Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 


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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

January 22, 2021. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01924 

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