About this episode
President Trump's months long hiring freeze is starting to thaw at least a little bit. A new executive order maintains strict limits on federal recruitment with a handful of exceptions, but now agencies can try to get around that freeze as long as hires are approved by political appointees. Here with the latest to explain it all is Federal News Network's Drew Friedman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .