Current：Home > ContactFederal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment -InvestTomorrow
Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
View
Date：2025-04-18 05:08:53
President Trump is making big moves to shrink and reshape the federal workforce. He's offered buyouts, instituted a hiring freeze, and called for prioritizing job seekers who are "passionate about the ideals of our American Republic." While his actions have drawn criticism, some see an opportunity for the new administration to improve the federal hiring process.
Today on the show, Jennifer Pahlka, Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center, tells us why, in her view, government hiring has been broken for a long time while sharing her thoughts on Trump's proposals to fix it.
Related episodes:
What happens when Social Security runs out of money? (Apple / Spotify)
Why Trump's potential tariffs are making business owners anxious (Apple / Spotify)
veryGood！ (35)
Related
- Elon Musk’s Daughter Vivian Calls Him “Absolutely Pathetic” and a “Serial Adulterer”
- The Fed will make an interest rate decision next week. Here's what it may mean for mortgage rates.
- Indonesian troops recover bodies of 6 workers missing after attack by Papua separatists
- Paris Hilton and Jessica Alba Dress Up as Britney Spears at Star-Studded Halloween 2023 Party
- Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
- Alabama’s forgotten ‘first road’ gets a new tourism focus
- Deadline for Medicare Open Enrollment is coming up. What you need to know to make it easy
- Deadline for Medicare Open Enrollment is coming up. What you need to know to make it easy
- FACT FOCUS: Inspector general’s Jan. 6 report misrepresented as proof of FBI setup
- Mexico assessing Hurricane Otis devastation as Acapulco reels
Ranking
- Chief beer officer for Yard House: A side gig that comes with a daily swig.
- Trade tops the agenda as Germany’s Scholz meets Nigerian leader on West Africa trip
- Israeli settler shoots and kills Palestinian harvester as violence surges in the West Bank
- Rangers star Corey Seager shows raw emotion in dramatic World Series comeback
- Immigration issues sorted, Guatemala runner Luis Grijalva can now focus solely on sports
- At least one killed and 20 wounded in a blast at convention center in India’s southern Kerala state
- How SNL Honored Matthew Perry Hours After His Death
- Feel Free to Keep These 25 Spooky Secrets About Casper
Recommendation
Sonya Massey's family keeps eyes on 'full justice' one month after shooting
The Trump era has changed the politics of local elections in Georgia, a pivotal 2024 battleground
Parents of Liverpool's Luis Díaz kidnapped in Colombia
NASCAR Martinsville playoff race 2023: Start time, TV, streaming, lineup for Xfinity 500
Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
Like writing to Santa Claus: Doctor lands on 'Flower Moon' set after letter to Scorsese
Deion Sanders after his son gets painkiller injection in loss: `You go get new linemen'
It's been one year since Elon Musk bought Twitter. Now called X, the service has lost advertisers and users.