[4] The White House Presidential Office recruits candidates to serve in departments and agencies throughout the Executive Branch.

Lastly, it also provides policy guidance for federal department and agency heads on conduct for political activities.

The professionalism of the PPO under President Trump was challenged, with The Washington Post reporting that the office was staffed with largely-inexperienced personnel.

[11] On January 30, 2017, DeStefano wrote a letter to Acting Attorney General Sally Yates informing her of her dismissal.

[15][16][17][18][19] On October 21, 2020, two weeks before the 2020 elections, President Trump signed an executive order creating a new Schedule F category within the excepted service for employees “in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making and policy-advocating positions”.