After nearly 50 years and eight different executive administrations, including an even split of Democratic and Republican Presidents, the Presidential Management Fellows program is dead.
Created by executive order in 1977, the federal career leadership pathway has ended with a Trump administration order signed on Feb. 19 to “promptly terminate” the program. Though not surprising given recent federal cullings, the order still shocks considering the program’s historical success and critical import to the nation’s labor force. Its termination is a disservice to the public and a strategic mistake.
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