Federal firings | Trump HR chief backs "at-will" sackings of government employees

Government workers should be “at will” employees who can be fired for any reason, the Trump administration’s chief personnel officer said, while also giving a nod to skill-based hiring over college degrees.

Scott Kupor, Director of the White House Office of Personnel Management, said Monday that federal managers should be able to remove low performers with little resistance, even as he acknowledged it would be difficult to implement fully.