Federal Hiring Is Nearly Frozen. For Those Who Can Hire, A New Roadblock Has Emerged

Federal Hiring Is Nearly Frozen. For Those Who Can Hire, A New Roadblock Has Emerged

The Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, DC in a 2024 file photo. While the giant agency has been exempt from the federal hiring freeze, changes to federal hiring software have made it almost impossible for the department to bring on new hires for urgently-needed medical positions.

The Trump administration is moving at lightning speed to shrink the federal government and freeze federal hiring.

The biggest barrier, according to an OPM official, congressional staffers, VA employees, and veterans’ organizations is that human resources officials across the federal government can no longer access their own new hire records without approval from senior leadership at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

Follow link to read more from KPBS via NPR. https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2025/03/05/federal-hiring-is-nearly-frozen-for-those-who-can-hire-a-new-roadblock-has-emerged