VA wants hiring freeze exemptions for 300,000 roles The acting Veterans Affairs secretary said in a Jan. 21 memo that the requested exemptions cover positions critical to the delivery of health ...

So we're demanding that the hiring freeze provide for a full and immediate exemption for VA personnel. LAWRENCE: So then, in the middle of speaking with Senator Blumenthal, this other VA memo came ...

President Trump’s new federal hiring freeze has congressional lawmakers and former service members worried that operations at ...

Block on new hire records slows VA hiring. At the VA, particularly within the Veterans Health Administration, more than 300,000 jobs have been spared from the federal hiring freeze, as “mission ...

The VA exempted 300,000 positions from the hiring freeze, including direct caregivers, and has said "mission critical" positions and contracts were not wiped out in the layoffs.

Instead, VA research foundations around the country are dealing with “unintended consequences” of a federal hiring freeze, mandated by a Jan. 20 White House executive order, which has left ...

The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration’s government hiring freeze, raising concerns among economists about the quality of the inflation ...

The VA’s exemptions list has been anticipated since the hiring freeze was first announced, in part because it mirrors the first Trump administration’s 2017 hiring freeze, where the department ...

President Trump’s new federal hiring freeze has congressional lawmakers and former service members worried that operations at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities will be hindered. The ...

Some federal agencies, like the Department of Veterans Affairs, are largely exempt from President Trump's hiring freeze. But they're hitting a new roadblock in bringing new staff on.

Block on new hire records slows VA hiring. At the VA, particularly within the Veterans Health Administration, more than 300,000 jobs have been spared from the federal hiring freeze, as "mission ...