President Trump issued an executive order that freezes hiring of the federal civilian employees. The executive order directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the United States DOGE Service (USDS), to submit a plan to reduce the size of the federal workforce within 90 days. Further, the executive order puts an indefinite hiring freeze on the Internal Revenue Service or until the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with OMB, OPM and USDA, deems it of national interest to lift the freeze.
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