Yes, Senior Executive Service (SES) positions are a key part of this.
whitehouse.gov
What is SES?The Senior Executive Service (SES) is a distinct personnel system for the federal government's top career executives (just below presidential appointees). It was created by the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act. SES roles involve high-level leadership, management, supervision, and policy-making across ~75 agencies. There are roughly 6,000–9,000 SES members, most of whom are career (non-political) appointees. They sit above GS-15 level and handle executive functions.
opm.gov
SES includes two main types:Career SES — Permanent civil service leaders.
Non-career SES — Political/temporary appointees.
Relation to the DOGE/Trump Executive Order on Firing Policymaking EmployeesThe post refers to efforts to make it easier to hold accountable or remove federal employees in policymaking roles who are seen as undermining the administration's agenda (often called "Deep State" resistance in supporter circles).Separate but related action for SES: On his first day in office (Jan 20, 2025), Trump signed a specific memorandum/EO titled "Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives." This directly targets SES members. It emphasizes that SES officials "wield significant governmental authority" and "must serve at the pleasure of the President."
whitehouse.gov
Key provisions include:Reassigning SES members to better align with the administration's agenda.
Overhauling performance reviews to heavily weight how well executives implement the President's policies.
Giving political appointees majority control over Executive Resources Boards (hiring) and Performance Review Boards.
Directing agency heads to remove SES officials whose performance or conduct doesn't align (with OPM/OMB support).
govexec.com
This complements the broader Schedule Policy/Career (revived/renamed Schedule F) initiative, which applies to many policymaking roles in the competitive/excepted service (not SES itself, as SES is its own "third" service). Schedule Policy/Career makes it easier to remove ~50,000 policy-influencing employees by reducing due process protections.
opm.gov
SES members were already somewhat easier to manage than rank-and-file GS employees, but these changes add stronger political oversight, easier reassignments, and faster removal pathways for poor performance, misconduct, or misalignment.
fedmanager.com
Current Status (as of June 2026)Agencies have been reassigning or removing some SES officials, with actions reported at places like DOJ early on. Broader workforce reductions, performance-based actions, and DOGE-driven efficiency efforts continue. Legal challenges and union pushback are ongoing, but courts have allowed significant progress.
civilservicestrong.org
In short: Yes, SES federal employees in policymaking/leadership roles are a prime target for these accountability reforms. The goal is to treat them more like at-will private-sector executives who must execute the elected President's agenda effectively.
This is really good. It does not get rid of all of the deep state entirely, but it cuts off the head of the snake ("policy makers"). Thing are habbening....
Yes, Senior Executive Service (SES) positions are a key part of this.
whitehouse.gov
What is SES?The Senior Executive Service (SES) is a distinct personnel system for the federal government's top career executives (just below presidential appointees). It was created by the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act. SES roles involve high-level leadership, management, supervision, and policy-making across ~75 agencies. There are roughly 6,000–9,000 SES members, most of whom are career (non-political) appointees. They sit above GS-15 level and handle executive functions.
opm.gov
SES includes two main types:Career SES — Permanent civil service leaders. Non-career SES — Political/temporary appointees.
Relation to the DOGE/Trump Executive Order on Firing Policymaking EmployeesThe post refers to efforts to make it easier to hold accountable or remove federal employees in policymaking roles who are seen as undermining the administration's agenda (often called "Deep State" resistance in supporter circles).Separate but related action for SES: On his first day in office (Jan 20, 2025), Trump signed a specific memorandum/EO titled "Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives." This directly targets SES members. It emphasizes that SES officials "wield significant governmental authority" and "must serve at the pleasure of the President."
whitehouse.gov
Key provisions include:Reassigning SES members to better align with the administration's agenda. Overhauling performance reviews to heavily weight how well executives implement the President's policies. Giving political appointees majority control over Executive Resources Boards (hiring) and Performance Review Boards. Directing agency heads to remove SES officials whose performance or conduct doesn't align (with OPM/OMB support).
govexec.com
This complements the broader Schedule Policy/Career (revived/renamed Schedule F) initiative, which applies to many policymaking roles in the competitive/excepted service (not SES itself, as SES is its own "third" service). Schedule Policy/Career makes it easier to remove ~50,000 policy-influencing employees by reducing due process protections.
opm.gov
SES members were already somewhat easier to manage than rank-and-file GS employees, but these changes add stronger political oversight, easier reassignments, and faster removal pathways for poor performance, misconduct, or misalignment.
fedmanager.com
Current Status (as of June 2026)Agencies have been reassigning or removing some SES officials, with actions reported at places like DOJ early on. Broader workforce reductions, performance-based actions, and DOGE-driven efficiency efforts continue. Legal challenges and union pushback are ongoing, but courts have allowed significant progress.
civilservicestrong.org
In short: Yes, SES federal employees in policymaking/leadership roles are a prime target for these accountability reforms. The goal is to treat them more like at-will private-sector executives who must execute the elected President's agenda effectively.
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This is really good. It does not get rid of all of the deep state entirely, but it cuts off the head of the snake ("policy makers"). Thing are habbening....
Many govt employees get fat bonuses. These guys probably get really fat bonuses.
Yes, yes, yes, please Lord! 🙏
thx for info