Hiring Freeze

What Presidential Memorandum 2025-01905 says

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 8247-8248] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-01905] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 28, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 8247]] Memorandum of January 20, 2025 Hiring Freeze Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees, to be applied throughout the executive branch. As part of this freeze, no Federal civilian position that is vacant at noon on January 20, 2025, may be filled, and no new position may be created except as otherwise provided for in this memorandum or other applicable law. Except as provided below, this freeze applies to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their sources of operational and programmatic funding. This order does not apply to military personnel of the armed forces or to positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety. Moreover, nothing in this memorandum shall adversely impact the provision of Social Security, Medicare, or Veterans'...

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