Legislation in the U.S. House and Senate to rein in the federal bureaucracy and allow poor performers to be fired or disciplined would “codify” the efforts of the Trump administration’s new Department of Government Efficiency initiative, said Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga.
Loudermilk, along with Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., in the Senate, proposed similar versions of legislation to hold federal bureaucrats accountable for misconduct and poor performance, as most are largely shielded from firing or discipline under current civil service protections. The bill in both chambers is called the MERIT Act, an acronym for Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation.
“We’ve had feedback from the White House and DOGE and are having staff-to-staff communication,” Loudermilk told The Daily Signal.
The MERIT Act would update the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act…
