@anna I'm not sure about the legal question because there are so many different categories of workers, even having worked as a fed. but, I think the reality is that even if there are legal protections for your job (there might be, not sure), you'd have to pursue legal action to see them out. who knows what that looks like.
this might be an interesting read (in general don moynihan is a good read on these sorts of things): https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-will-trumps-executive-orders