Anonymous wrote:What impact will this have on the DC-area economy?

This is not the first time we have a hiring freeze. We are still here and the government still functions.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What impact will this have on the DC-area economy?

none. agencies will still have to run their IT departments, finance, etc. so if there is an unfilled vacancy they hire a contractor

85% of feds live outside the DC area

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What impact will this have on the DC-area economy?

none. agencies will still have to run their IT departments, finance, etc. so if there is an unfilled vacancy they hire a contractor

The memo says that agencies can't hire contractors to circumvent freeze.

Anonymous wrote:What impact will this have on the DC-area economy?

none. agencies will still have to run their IT departments, finance, etc. so if there is an unfilled vacancy they hire a contractor

What impact will this have on the DC-area economy?

Here you go - I don't know what it means if were selected before 22 Jan. Sorry guys, I know that make it harder for people who are seeking employment.

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
January 23, 2017
Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Hiring Freeze
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees to be applied across the board in the executive branch. As part of this freeze, no vacant positions existing at noon on January 22, 2017, may be filled and no new positions may be created, except in limited circumstances. This order does not include or apply to military personnel. The head of any executive department or agency may exempt from the hiring freeze any positions that it deems necessary to meet national security or public safety responsibilities. In addition, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may grant exemptions from this freeze where those exemptions are otherwise necessary.
Within 90 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Director of OPM, shall recommend a long-term plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government's workforce through attrition. This order shall expire upon implementation of the OMB plan.
Contracting outside the Government to circumvent the intent of this memorandum shall not be permitted.
This hiring freeze applies to all executive departments and agencies regardless of the sources of their operational and programmatic funding, excepting military personnel.
In carrying out this memorandum, I ask that you seek efficient use of existing personnel and funds to improve public services and the delivery of these services. Accordingly, this memorandum does not prohibit making reallocations to meet the highest priority needs and to ensure that essential services are not interrupted and national security is not affected.
This memorandum does not limit the nomination and appointment of officials to positions requiring Presidential appointment or Senate confirmation, the appointment of officials to non-career positions in the Senior Executive Service or to Schedule C positions in the Excepted Service, or the appointment of any other officials who serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Moreover, it does not limit the hiring of personnel where such a limit would conflict with applicable law. This memorandum does not revoke any appointment to Federal service made prior to January 22, 2017.
This memorandum does not abrogate any collective bargaining agreement in effect on the date of this memorandum

Anonymous wrote:Further detail about the hiring freeze:

"The freeze will not get in the way of plans to onboard political appointees – non-career Senior Executive Service posts and hires under Schedule C are exempted. The order also does not apply retroactively, and exceptions can be made to the freeze at the behest of the director of the Office of Personnel Management."

Source: https://fcw.com/articles/2017/01/23/trump-signs-hiring-freeze.aspx

Well, yeah, he's not going to freeze his own appointees out.

Anonymous wrote:This hiring freeze has such an enormous loophole that it likely won't affect many people. This is optics.

I hope this is correct. I have some pending federal job applications in which I've been referred as best qualified. I have very little hope now, but who knows? Maybe one of the positions will be exempted from the hiring freeze.

Anonymous wrote:So I am interning at NSA; will I be able to lateral into a full time position after grad school? National security and all.

Doubt it.

Anonymous wrote:This hiring freeze has such an enormous loophole that it likely won't affect many people. This is optics.

No, it's more serious than that.

if these idiots do a freeze in a great economy, it'll be rif city if we have a recession

Remember, this is not a politician, these are business men running the government. Things will be different, it may take a little time, but this is what they do.

Anonymous wrote:Does FBI qualify as public safety? What about the other intelligence agencies?

Who knows. Under smart presidents the EO would connect to specific areas for exemption. the FSL slots for those exemption areas could be filled. Ex FSL to a nat.sec job could be filled. But since the EO is still invisible. Nobody knows what the words on the paper actually say. Even trump (surprise) doesn't appear to understand that more than the military support national security. Sigh

This hiring freeze has such an enormous loophole that it likely won't affect many people. This is optics.

More temps. Trump's gift to the American worker.