Northwest Wildfire Outlook Is Grim, Even as Hiring Has Ramped Up

Northwest wildfire outlook is grim, even as hiring has ramped up

But there was a glimmer of hope: Federal firefighting managers said their workforce is about where it needs to be for the fire season ahead, despite the Trump administration’s efforts.

OPM outlines merit hiring plan, new SES process ahead of hiring freeze end

The Office of Personnel Management released two guidance documents Thursday outlining its plan for the hiring and recruitment of federal workers, roughly a month-and-a-half before the administration’s hiring freeze is set to lift. In its Merit Hiring Plan, the administration detailed steps to reform the hiring process, including ending consideration of race and ethnicity in the hiring, recruitment, and retention cycle and “recruiting patriotic A…

Governmentwide hiring plan calls on agencies to recruit ‘patriotic Americans’ into federal workforce

The Trump administration is calling on agencies to hire federal employees more quickly, and will soon ask candidates applying for federal jobs how they will adhere to its efficiency agenda. The Office of Personnel Management will launch a governmentwide recruitment effort to attract “individuals committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government,” and will have candidates on USAJobs fill out short essays when applying for jobs. The …

WH Rolling Out ‘Merit-Based’ Federal Hiring Plan

The White House is rolling out a new “merit-based” federal hiring plan and has explicitly ordered agencies not to take race and gender into consideration when hiring. “The American people deserve a federal workforce dedicated to American values and efficient service,” Vince Haley, assistant to President Donald Trump for domestic policy, and Charles Ezell, acting director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, said in a press release. “Yet, …