Current：Home > ContactFederal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment -CapitalSource
Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
View
Date：2025-04-17 14:44:54
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！ (825)
Related
- Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor
- Tamar Braxton and Fiancé JR Robinson Break Up
- 5 dead, including 2 children, after Illinois crash causes anhydrous ammonia leak
- S-W-I-F-T? Taylor Swift mania takes over Chiefs vs. Jets game amid Travis Kelce dating rumors
- Bodycam footage shows high
- Prosecutors reveal a reason for Capitol rioter’s secretive sentencing: His government cooperation
- Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady Face Off in Playful Bidding War at Charity Event
- North Carolina Gov. Cooper vetoes two more bills, but budget still on track to become law Tuesday
- Drones warned New York City residents about storm flooding. The Spanish translation was no bueno
- Cambodian court bars environmental activists from traveling to Sweden to receive ‘Alternative Nobel’
Ranking
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- New Maryland law lifts civil statute of limitations for all child sex abuse claims
- A woman riding a lawnmower is struck and killed by the wing of an airplane in Oklahoma
- OCD affects millions of Americans. What causes it?
- Chief beer officer for Yard House: A side gig that comes with a daily swig.
- You Don't Wanna Wait to Revisit Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson's Private Marriage
- Brazil’s President Lula back at official residence to recover from hip replacement surgery
- Mexico’s president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US sanctions on Cuba
Recommendation
NCAA hands former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh a 4-year show cause order for recruiting violations
Germany bans decades-old neo-Nazi group Artgemeinschaft, accused of trying to raise new enemies of the state
Search resumes for missing 9-year-old girl who vanished during camping trip in upstate New York park
As the 'water tower of Asia' dries out, villagers learn to recharge their springs
Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight
Health care has a massive carbon footprint. These doctors are trying to change that
Stevie Nicks enters the Barbie zeitgeist with her own doll: 'They helped her have my soul'
The Dark Horse, a new 2024 Ford Mustang, is a sports car for muscle car fans