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 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.
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, according to a department memo sent this week. Still, it remains unclear how the hiring freeze and exemptions will impact the Hampton VA Medical Center,
Minneapolis VA to resume hiring after exemptions from Trump hiring freeze announced
The Minneapolis Veterans Medical Center was preparing Thursday to renew job offers for clinical and hospital roles that it had rescinded two days earlier as part of a federal hiring freeze. The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a statement Thursday clarifying that 39 categories of health care workers were exempt from the hiring freeze issued by President Donald Trump’s administration on
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 essential to public health and department operations.
Veterans Affairs exempt from Trump's federal hiring freeze
President Donald Trump hit the government with a federal hiring freeze on his first day in office, but it won't stop hiring at the Department of
Trump's federal hiring freeze raises concerns about VA and military health care
It means some open jobs at the Audie Murphy VA Hospital and military hospitals such as Wilford Hall and Brooke Army Medical Center will go unfilled.
300,000 VA jobs protected from Trump hiring freeze
The Department of Veterans Affairs can continue to hire new health care workers and those providing critical services to veterans despite a federal hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump.
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Remains of missing W.Va. woman finally identified 3 years later
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