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Trump hiring freeze halts onboarding of federal firefighters
President Trump’s hiring freeze is affecting 18,000 federal firefighters from reporting to work, including coming to Southern California.
Trump’s Hiring Freeze Throws Wildfire Fighters Into Disarray
The federal firefighting force is facing uncertainty with fire season just around the corner and the Los Angeles fires barely in the rearview mirror.
National parks can be dangerous. So Trump made a hiring freeze loophole.
The hiring freeze exemption comes after congressional Democrats and conservation groups warned that national parks could be short-staffed this summer.
Senators: Trump hiring freeze means wildland firefighting jobs are going unfilled
Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump's federal hiring freeze.
Trump exempted public safety roles from his hiring freeze. Federal firefighters, prison guards and food inspectors wonder why they don’t count.
Current and former employees say public safety agencies are still freezing hiring they claim to have exempted and liken the approach to a 'self-imposed gunshot wound to the head.'
Trump's Hiring Freeze And The IRS
In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Robert Kerr, formerly with the IRS and now with Kerr Consulting, discusses the recent federal hiring freeze and buyout offer and speculates how they may affect the IRS.
Trump admin exempts some NPS workers from hiring freeze
The Interior Department committed Tuesday to hiring seasonal employees for national parks, while confusion lingered within the agency about whether Trump administration moves to shrink the federal workforce will leave parks with anemic staffing levels during the busy summer season.
Greater Yellowstone firefighters may avoid Trump hiring freeze. Rangers' futures are uncertain
Some employees in the National Park Service and other federal agencies who manage public lands in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem may be exempt from the Trump administration’s hiring
Oregon senators join letter urging Trump admin exempt firefighters from hiring freeze
In an email to KATU News on Wednesday, the Office of Personnel Management said seasonal firefighters are exempt from the hiring freeze.
Oregon senators call for federal firefighters to be exempt from hiring freeze
Oregon could have far fewer firefighters ready to battle blazes on federal lands next fire season — and may do less advance work aimed at mitigating the risk of large
Did Trump's hiring freeze include air traffic controllers, as Rep. Jasmine Crockett said?
Trump’s actions are unlikely to have affected the late January airplane crash at Ronald Reagan National Airport, an aviation ...
20 Ways To Sustain Team Performance And Prevent Burnout During A Hiring Freeze
Leaders can help their teams manage the workload during a hiring freeze by investing in continuous learning and development.
Federal hiring freeze could compromise Blue Ridge Parkway 'basic visitor experience,' NPS superintendent says
The superintendent of the Blue Ridge Parkway said that she expects to eventually hire seasonal workers, but in the mean time ...
NC State hiring freeze: Faculty, staff positions on hold amid federal budget uncertainty
North Carolina State University leaders told college deans, vice provosts and senior vice provosts on Friday that the ...
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Austin ISD announces hiring freeze as budget deficit grows to $110 million
The hiring freeze is set to begin on March 1. It’s one strategy Austin ISD is using to cut spending by $32 million, so the ...
Cape Cod National Seashore summer services may be at risk with hiring freeze
A retired National Park Service ranger said a federal hiring freeze could affect summer visitor services at the Cape Cod ...
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Trump orders agencies to plan for widespread layoffs and attrition-based hiring
The order tasks agencies to work in conjunction with Elon Musk’s DOGE to dramatically scale back government capacity.
$286M settlement forces city of Las Vegas to scrap projects, implement hiring freeze
The city of Las Vegas implemented a hiring freeze, offered buyouts and scrapped “a number of capital projects” to help offset ...