U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order at the White House on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The new schedule appears redundant to the Schedule C classification, experts told FedScoop, perhaps opening the door wider to high-salary political appointees.
Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., speaks to a reporter following a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 25, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The actions were among several announced by the Department of Commerce at the roughly six-month mark after Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence.
Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., speaks at Navy Memorial Theater on Nov. 30, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images for 20th Century Studios)
The head of engineering for the GSA’s single sign-on platform said opening the door for mDLs will “simplify and streamline the online identity proofing process.”
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is silhouetted as a pre-recorded interview with Elon Musk is played during the Microsoft Build 2025 conference in Seattle on May 19, 2025. Nadella announced that Grok AI, by Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, will be available on Microsoft’s Foundry Models. (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Nand Mulchandani, as then-acting director of the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, briefs reporters. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
Former federal workers protest against Trump administration policies in front of the Hubert Humphrey Health and Human Services building in Washington D.C. on Feb. 19, 2025. (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
A bronze sign marks the location of the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters building on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
A flag with the seal of the Treasury Department flies outside the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service on April 7, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)