VA, hiring freeze

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 care services.
VA exempts 300,000 health care positions from governmentwide hiring freeze
The VA memo exempts roughly three-quarters of the Veterans Health Administration's roughly 400,000-employee workforce.
Trump’s federal hiring freeze could delay benefits, healthcare for America’s veterans
Senate lawmakers are demanding President Donald Trump exempt all positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from a hiring freeze.
Trump’s hiring freeze sparks staffing worries at key military, VA hospitals
It means some open jobs at the Audie Murphy VA Hospital and military hospitals such as Wilford Hall and Brooke Army Medical Center will go unfilled.
Trump’s federal hiring freeze sparks concerns about veterans’ care
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 government-wide freeze,
Democrats urge Trump to revise hiring freeze, citing VA medical care
Virginia’s Democratic delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives is urging President Donald Trump to either revise or revoke his executive order implementing a hiring freeze for the federal workforce,
Trump’s Hiring Freeze Is Screwing Over Veterans
The president is throwing the federal government, and the welfare of the men and women who fought for the nation, into chaos
Lawmakers express 'deep concerns' over hiring freeze's impact on veterans' care
The six Democratic members of the Virginia House delegation have sent a letter to President Trump saying they have "deep concerns" that his federal hiring freeze "will do irreparable harm" to the VA's ability to hire and retain the support staff necessary to provide adequate patient care.
Budzinski Seeks Answers for Veterans About Trump Hiring Freeze
Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) joined her colleagues on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee (HVAC) in a letter
Hiring Freeze Creates Confusion and Concern at F.B.I.
President Trump’s directive is supposed to exempt national security and public safety positions, but the F.B.I. has put an immediate hiring freeze in place.
VA Announces New Appointees and Hiring-Freeze Exemptions Under Trump Administration
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a series of Trump Administration political appointees, bringing experienced leadership to key roles while also clarifying exemptions to
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VA reinstates job offers to health care hires, but some still in limbo amid hiring freeze
Some prospective VA hires are relieved to have their job offers reinstated amid a governmentwide hiring freeze. Others are ...
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Richmond VA hospital forced to take back job offers after federal hiring freeze, lawmakers raise alarm
State and federal lawmakers are calling on President Donald Trump to make changes to a recent order to freeze federal hiring ...
Unclear how federal hiring freeze affects Hampton VA Medical Center
More than 300,000 Department of Veterans Affairs health care jobs are exempt from the White House’s federal hiring freeze, ...
Hiring freeze, executive orders create uncertainty for federal workers in Maine
A federal hiring freeze and other executive orders issued by President Donald Trump have cast a pall of uncertainty and worry over many of the 11,000 U.S. government workers in Maine. In addition to a ...
President Trump orders federal employees to return to office
President Donald Trump signed an order to temporarily freeze hiring for federal agencies and a mandate for federal employees to return to their offices. It was one of several executive orders signed ...