On Wednesday, the American Federation of Government Employees, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the AFL-CIO, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Democracy Forward filed an amended complaint in their lawsuit challenging Schedule Policy/Career, which began in January 2025 in the U.S. District Court for Maryland, incorporating new details that arose in the 14 months that the administration has spent preparing to launch the new excepted service job category.
The groups argue that the imposition of Schedule Policy/Career would amount to a violation of federal statutes, the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act’s ban on arbitrary and capricious decision making.