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.
Democrat U.S. Senators Urge President Trump to Exempt All VA Employees from Federal Hiring Freeze
Last week, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) joined a letter urging President Trump to exempt all Veterans Affairs (VA) employees from the federal hiring freeze he issued this week. In response to this letter,
Minneapolis VA to resume hiring after exemptions from Trump hiring freeze announced
Scope of hiring freeze clarified after U.S. senator and others react to plans by the Minneapolis VA to rescind job offers.
VA Declares 300,000 Health Care Jobs Exempt from Ordered Freeze on Federal Hiring
VA officials said the exemptions to a Jan. 20 executive order are necessary to provide health care and services to veterans.
More than 300k VA health jobs exempted from White House hiring freeze
Veterans Affairs officials issued guidance Thursday exempting more than 300,000 department health care posts from the White House’s federal hiring freeze, labeling them as essen
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
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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Trump’s VA pick defends hiring freeze amid staffing concerns
Trump's VA pick, former Rep. Doug Collins, said the VA may be trying to fill positions, but many of those vacancies have gone ...
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 ...
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VA secretary nominee rejects privatization but wants more employee firings
The Veterans Affairs Department’s workforce will have a advocate in its next secretary, President Trump’s pick to lead the ...
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Former Georgia Congressman Doug Collins’ VA secretary nomination moves to Senate floor
The U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has voted to advance Doug Collins' nomination to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Trump reinstates plan to strip protections from federal workers
President Donald Trump has reinstated a policy from his first term that could strip employment protections from tens of ...