Jenny Abamu
speaker
123 appearances
18 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 26 Jun
Jenny Abamu’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The classification change means the employee is at will and stripped of longstanding civil service protections.
This follows a June 3rd executive order from President Trump.
Federal unions are fighting the order in court.
Employees say they're still waiting to learn how many federal workers are affected.
For NPR News, I'm Jenny Abamu in Bethesda.
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This month, federal workers started getting emails about a new job classification called Schedule Policy Slash Career, according to multiple employees at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland, all of whom requested anonymity because they feared retribution.
One message reviewed by WAMU that went out to employees at the Department of Health and Human Services said notices about classification changes would be sent throughout the week.
The classification change means the employee is at will and stripped of longstanding civil service protections.
This follows a June 3rd executive order from President Trump.
Federal unions are fighting the order in court.
Employees say they're still waiting to learn how many federal workers are affected.
For NPR News, I'm Jenny Abamu in Bethesda.
Local law enforcement says a man charged a security checkpoint at the hotel hosting the dinner and exchanged gunfire with officers.
The suspect was taken into custody.
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