Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program
Excludes Department of Defense intelligence and cyber units from federal labor program
What it does
The order determines that the listed Defense units perform national-security work and cannot be covered by the federal labor-management program.
Real-world impact
- Removes listed Department of Defense employees from the federal labor-management program.
- Updates the official exclusion list to include cyber, intelligence, and special operations units.
- Affects how these units are managed and represented in labor matters.
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Summary
This order determines that certain Department of Defense agencies and subdivisions perform intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work and therefore cannot be covered by the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program.
It amends a prior executive order to list specific Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense agencies — including cyber commands, intelligence centers, and special operations units — as excluded. The change affects employees in those units, the departments that manage them, and labor representatives because the federal labor program will not apply to those subdivisions.
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