U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Merit Hiring Plan” asks applicants for federal government jobs to write an essay naming their favorite Trump policy or executive order and how they would implement it.

As President Donald Trump moves to slash the size of the federal workforce, his administration unveiled a plan to ensure that any new hires are “patriotic Americans” who vow to advance the president’s ...

It doesn’t end July 15. The federal hiring freeze that has stretched six months is now the official 2025 hiring freeze. The new end date and hiring updates are below. The Trump administration has made ...

EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Digital sat down with SkillStorm CEO Justin Vianello, who addressed issues the federal government faces hiring workers, sometimes raising national security concerns, and explained ...

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. Essay questions about government efficiency and President Donald Trump’s executive orders will soon be included in federal job ...

As federal agencies begin to propagate a controversial new series of essay questions to accompany most federal job announcements, one employee group has already challenged their legality. Last month, ...

The specific question in the new “Merit Hiring Plan” for federal employees states: “How would you help advance the President’s Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two ...

During the Trump administration, the landscape of federal employment is undergoing significant changes. After a period marked by hiring freezes and workforce reductions, the administration is set to ...

As mass layoffs continue to sweep through the federal workforce, thousands of former employees are looking to state and local governments for their next career move. And while some of these ...

This story has been updated at 1:30 p.m. ET. A trio of federal employee unions on Thursday sued the Office of Personnel Management seeking to excise essay questions recently added to most federal job ...

With the federal hiring freeze lifting in mid-July, the Trump administration has rolled out a controversial federal hiring plan that critics warn will politicize and likely slow down the process ...