Executive Order 14317: Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service

What does Executive Order 14317 do?

The text directs OPM to issue rules and standards for Schedule G, and Agencies to petition to place qualifying positions in the schedule.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: OPM's regulatory agenda recorded guidance and planned pay-rule work following the creation of Schedule G under this order. Official source. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Reading the operative provisions of Executive Order 14317

EO 14317 creates Schedule G for certain noncareer policy-support positions in the excepted service that are not normally subject to Senate confirmation. It directs the Office of Personnel Management to issue standards and agencies to identify positions that meet the criteria. The Federal Register text of EO 14317 establishes a new personnel category; it does not automatically convert every federal employee or career position to political service.

The excepted service includes positions outside the competitive service for reasons established by law or regulation. Schedule G is described as policy-supporting and noncareer, distinct from career civil-service appointments and from Schedule C positions. Placement depends on the duties and OPM’s standards, not only an agency’s preference. Agencies must follow merit-system principles, veterans’ preference where applicable and statutory limits on political appointments.

Creating a schedule can change hiring, tenure and removal procedures for positions properly placed in it. That makes position classification important: if a job is primarily career or technical work, assigning a policy label alone may not satisfy the order or governing law. OPM rules, agency petitions and final position determinations will show which roles are included. Readers should distinguish the order’s framework from the number of positions ultimately moved into Schedule G.