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

2 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 ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Trump signed an executive order Monday declaring a 90-day hiring freeze across the federal government. The executive order includes several exemptions, including one for veterans’ benefits. The VA made its health care workforce exempt from the first Trump administration’s hiring freeze in 2017.

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.

5 days ago · 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.

4 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 ...

5 days ago · 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 ...

5 days ago · 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 ...

5 days ago · 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.

5 days ago · VA Declares 300,000 Health Care Jobs Exempt from Ordered Freeze on Federal Hiring World War II veteran receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Veterans Affairs agency in Phoenix on ...