Install acting/Schedule C political leadership across State on Day One
Mandate urges placing appointees into roles pending confirmation, flooding non-PAS senior advisor/PDAS/DAS slots with PPO picks, increasing political appointee numbers, and ensuring no holdover leaders remain after January 20.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 6 (Department of State) — Personnel: place State appointees directly into roles pending confirmation; place political appointees in non-Senate-confirmed positions including senior advisors, PDAS, DAS; increase number of political appointees; non-confirmed seniors selected by transition/PPO in place Day One; no one in leadership morning of January 20 should hold that position at end of day.
Undo plan
1) Enforce FVRA and Senate prerogatives against indefinite actings.
2) Cap Schedule C growth; preserve Foreign Service leadership pipelines.
3) Require ethics/language/regional briefing standards for political embeds.
4) Publish org charts distinguishing career vs. political roles.
5) Verify: PAS/acting vacancy timelines; FS promotion continuity metrics.
Sources
- https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
- https://archive.org/stream/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL_djvu.txt
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-06.pdf
- https://whatisproject2025.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2025_MandateForLeadership_SECTION-02.pdf