Case file · 90 FR 8621
EO 14170 Jan 20, 2025 TIER 2MID-LEVEL FREEZE

Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service

Theater score 14/100

Detector flags: restores a thing that arguably never left.

Immediate Impact

Reforms federal hiring to prioritize merit, which every administration's hiring reform has also claimed to do.

Long-Term Outlook

Hiring plans are agency guidance. Freezable day one, rewritten in months.

Primary sources: Federal RegisterOfficial PDF