President Trump signed an executive order extending the federal hiring freeze and requiring agencies to create strategic hiring committees and annual staffing plans. While these plans are meant to improve efficiency and prioritize key areas, experts raise concerns that the order's demand for hiring decisions to align with the priorities of my administration could politicize the career civil service and blur the lines between merit and patronage.
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