VA makes pertinent hiring-freeze exemptions related to Jan. 20, Executive Order halting federal government hiring.

Jan 23, 2025 · VA doctors, nurses, pharmacists and medical officers are among the dozens of occupations excluded from the hiring freeze. Acting VA Secretary Todd Hunter, in a memo to department leaders, stated Veterans Health Administration positions “critical to delivering care to veterans” are exempt from the freeze, under the category of public safety.

Subj: Hiring Freeze Guidance (VIEWS 12678309) To: Under Secretaries, Assistant Secretaries and Other Key Officials 1. This memorandum provides additional guidance regarding the freeze on the hiring of federal civilian employees as directed by President Trump on January 20, 2025, via Presidential Memorandum (PM) entitled “Hiring Freeze.” a.

Jan 24, 2025 · Wilmington , DE — Following successful implementation of President Trump’s federal hiring freeze, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced several exemptions to the policy. These exemptions clarify the department’s ability to continue filling essential positions that provide health care and other vital services to Veterans and VA ...

4 days ago · The VA, however, issued a memo last Thursday exempting more than 300,000 health care positions from a governmentwide hiring freeze. Acting VA Secretary Todd Hunter, in a memo to department leaders, stated Veterans Health Administration positions “critical to delivering care to veterans” are exempt from the freeze, under the category of ...

6 days ago · The VA’s exemptions list has been anticipated since the hiring freeze was first announced, in part because it mirrors the first Trump administration’s 2017 hiring freeze, where the department ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The Department of Veterans Affairs can continue to fill thousands of vacancies in its health care workforce despite a federal hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump, the VA said Thursday.

Jan 23, 2025 · The memo, issued by acting VA Secretary Todd Hunter, comes after days of concerns from lawmakers and veterans advocates over the impact of the hiring freeze, which was ordered by President Donald ...

Jan 23, 2025 · More than 300,000 Department of Veterans Affairs health care jobs are exempt from a federal hiring freeze instituted Jan. 20 by President Donald Trump. Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Todd ...

Hiring Freeze January 20, 2025. 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 ...