Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work has issued a memorandum that lifts all restrictions on civilian hiring across the Defense Department and instructed all DoD officials to carefully examine recruitment activities, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jared Serbu writes
MoreThe Department of Veterans Affairs has unveiled additional exemptions to the moratorium on federal hiring efforts following a previous move to lift restrictions for some professional fields in January. VA said Wednesday its latest guideline exempts
MoreSens. Gary Peters (D-Michigan) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-North Dakota) have called on the Government Accountability Office to examine the implementation of a presidential memorandum that imposed a hiring freeze on federal civilian employees. Both senators told GAO
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The Defense Department has exempted certain civilian positions from the federal hiring freeze that President Donald Trump ordered in a Jan.23 presidential memorandum. DoD released guidance that lists civilian roles necessary to
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A group of 19 House Republican members has called on President Donald Trump to clarify his presidential memorandum that imposes a hiring freeze on federal civilian employees. The lawmakers said in letter published Wednesday the
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Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina), President Donald Trumpâs nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, has said he believes reinstating the Program Assessment Rating Tool would help OMB identify and reduce government waste and
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Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-South Carolina), the White Houseâs nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, has said he plans to determine ways on how to reward âexemplaryâ federal employees and deal
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The Defense Department has ended a hiring freeze on vacant civilian jobs at âfourth stateâ agencies after such agencies listed in a database system the positions they plan to eliminate in compliance with
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Federal agencies have cut at least 10,000 jobs in March and 85,000 total over the past year, GovExec reported Friday. A Bureau of Labor Statistics report cited by GovExec says approximately 1,200 jobs from the U.S.
MoreThe Internal Revenue Service has scheduled five days where it will furlough all of its employees, forcing the agency to close its doors to the public on those days. Employees will be placed
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