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 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, ...

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 ...

Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The ...

The Secret Service is aiming to hire 4,000 staff through 2028, but it faces stiff competition, especially from other federal law enforcement agencies.

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 ...

If there’s anything that everyone anywhere close to the federal hiring process agrees about, it’s that the system is a mess, for applicants and agency officials alike. But the hiring plan the Trump ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...