Bill · H.R. 2455· House(119-HR-2455)
Special Government Employees Transparency Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 3/27/2025
- Last activity
- 3/27/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- Sponsored by
- Dave Min
- Cosponsors
- - 6 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Special Government Employees Transparency Act of 2025 aims to increase oversight of special Government employees within Executive agencies. It establishes a 130-day limit on how long an individual can serve as a special Government employee within a 365-day period. If this limit is exceeded, the individual must be reclassified under applicable civil service laws and personnel frameworks. The bill also requires the creation of a public, searchable database managed by the Office of Personnel Management to track certain covered employees. Furthermore, it mandates the public release of financial disclosure reports filed by these covered individuals.
Yes· 3 of 4
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+8
Significantly enhances transparency through public access to employee information and financial disclosures.
Does this make elections run better?+5
Increases transparency by requiring a public database and financial disclosure for certain government employees.
Would people with disabilities be better off under this?+3
Mandates compliance with accessibility guidelines for the new SGE database.
The opposite
Does this protect people from being watched or searched?-4
Reduces privacy for special government employees by mandating public financial disclosures and identity tracking.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Transparency via Public Database: The creation of a searchable and sortable database will allow the public to see the names, job titles, pay rates, and agency information of covered special Government employees (Section 3(b)(1)).
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Public Access to Financial Records: The bill requires Executive agencies to make financial disclosure reports filed by covered special Government employees available to the public (Section 3(c)).
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Accountability through Reclassification: If a special Government employee exceeds the 130-day limit, they must be assigned an appropriate employment classification and follow specific Federal personnel frameworks (Section 2(b)(2)).
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Accessibility of Information: The new SGE Database must be accessible via an application programming interface and comply with accessibility guidelines, ensuring it is usable for the public (Section 3(b)(2)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Employment Status Changes: Individuals serving as special Government employees who exceed 130 days of service will have their status determined and changed to a different employment classification by their employing authority (Section 2(b)(2)).
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Mandatory Personnel Reclassification: Those exceeding the service limit will be subject to new legal obligations and rights associated with their new position classification (Section 2(b)(2)(A)(ii)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+8Improves Electoral Process+5Improves Due Process+2Improves Privacy Rights-4
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For People With Disabilities+3
- 6/24/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 3/31/2025
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- 3/27/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
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