Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   On 2025-01-20, Donald Trump directed development of a federal hiring plan emphasizing merit, efficiency, and commitment to the Constitution and laws, while barring hiring based on race, sex, or religion.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Merit-plan order added presidential-policy alignment to federal hiring screens · Hiring-plan directives moved into agency guidance alongside broader workforce controls.

2. documented
   Superseded · open corrected record

   On 2025-01-20, Donald Trump directed development of a federal hiring plan emphasizing merit, efficiency, and commitment to the Constitution and laws, while barring hiring based on race, sex, or religion.

   Operative text of the cited action

   Trump ordered a loyalty-inflected rewrite of federal hiring · superseded evidence record