A Hiring Freeze By A Different Name: OMB Wants Agency 'Workforce Reduction' Plans

Latest Office of Management and Budget directive lifts the pause on federal hiring, but requires US FDA and others to develop long-term plans to cut staff.

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FDA's current restructuring initiatives may give it a head-start in developing a long-term workforce reduction plan that it and other agencies must complete in the coming months.

In return for lifting the federal hiring freeze that has been in place since President Trump took office in January, federal agencies now have to "begin taking immediate actions to achieve near-term workforce reductions and cost

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