The federal workforce faces a storm of radical reforms under a Trump Administration. "Project 2025: Mandate for Leadership" and Agenda 47, two policy platforms that provide directional indications for Trump’s approach to workforce management, threaten to dismantle long-standing protections, reduce benefits, and politicize the federal government’s operational backbone. At the center of these changes lies the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), an agency under siege by ideas that could destabilize the very structure of federal employment. As Project 2025 emphasizes, 'nothing is more important than deconstructing the centralized administrative state,' a sentiment that underscores how deeply these reforms will resonate with Trump and his advisors, in his return to office.