White House Reclassifies Federal Scientists As At-Will Hires

The White House is moving federal epidemiologists and other scientists out of civil service protections and into at-will status. That gives the administration far more control over who stays and who goes, which critics say invites political pressure into jobs that should be driven by science, not loyalty. Supporters will call it flexibility; skeptics will see another expansion of executive power over the bureaucracy. Read more about this...