OPM's new federal hiring initiative to surge early-career tech talent comes after the loss of over 300,000 employees from government this year.
"Public service is an important calling. It demands things of people that are different than what we ask of people in the private sector," Jamie Morin said.
The new President’s Management Agenda from the Trump administration outlines many goals that have already started taking shape across government.
"There's not a lot of workdays up on Capitol Hill [before Jan. 30], and we just cannot have another shutdown," said Jim Carroll.
House Republicans' EQUALS Act would require most new federal employees to serve a two-year probationary period before becoming tenured government workers.
OPM said reducing allocations for senior-level staffing may be especially important, considering the Trump administration's broader federal workforce cuts.
The amount of separations is beyond Kupor’s previously shared target of reducing the federal workforce by 300,000 this year.
A DOGE spokesperson confirmed DOGE still exists as a temporary organization within the U.S. DOGE Service, and that Amy Gleason remains the acting head of USDS.
"Essentially, there's been about 160 of these committees formally terminated during the Trump administration so far," Robert Iafolla said.
"[T]his is a chance for us to connect veterans directly with employers who want to hire them, who recognize [their] unique skills and talents," Dan Clare said.
The Office of Personnel Management is meeting with vendors after issuing a RFI to improve the USA Hire platform as it expects a surge in its use.
The Trump administration has fired dozens of immigration judges this year, making it much harder for courts to a chip away at a multi-million-case backlog.
CyberCorps students say they've had job offers revoked and hiring opportunities dry up amid the Trump administration's governmentwide hiring freeze.
"What's surprising at this point is how long it's going on... This is really causing a lot of issues for contractors and their employees," said Andrew Turnbull
The lawsuit says the new essay question has appeared on over 5,800 federal job applications so far, as part of the administration's Merit Hiring Plan.
