AAF Comment on Improving Performance, Accountability, and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

“This proposal will restore executive branch federal employees’ accountability to the President, as constitutionally intended,” said AAF Executive Vice President Paul Teller.

“The Constitution vests all executive authority in the President, not to unelected bureaucrats. We applaud this effort to empower agencies to remove employees for poor performance, misconduct, or subversion of the President’s agenda, ensuring that our government conforms to the Constitution’s design.

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