Hiring Freeze

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   On 2025-01-20, Donald Trump ordered a freeze on filling vacant federal civilian positions and creating new positions, subject to stated exceptions.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Civilian hiring freeze constrained staffing while requiring a permanent workforce-reduction plan · Initial freeze imposed with exemptions; agencies then operated under workforce-reduction planning.

2. documented
   Superseded · open corrected record

   On 2025-01-20, Donald Trump ordered a freeze on filling vacant federal civilian positions and creating new positions, subject to stated exceptions.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Trump froze civilian hiring across the executive branch · superseded evidence record