Political appointees. Career civil servants. Special Government Employees. Classifications and procedures around federal government employment have rarely been in the ether as much as they have been in the early months of President Trump’s second term.
The Journalist’s Resource’s in-depth explainer about federal hiring and firing covers a lot of ground, including:
Mina Hsiang, former Administrator of the United States Digital Service, talks about her personal experiences with hiring for federal government roles.
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