Current：Home > InvestFederal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment -ProsperityStream Academy
Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
View
Date：2025-04-18 08:18:54
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！ (34275)
Related
- 'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
- Last of 3 Palestinian college students shot in Vermont leaves hospital
- Charlie Sheen Reveals He's Nearly 6 Years Sober
- Shots fired outside Jewish temple in upstate New York as Hanukkah begins, shooter’s motive unknown
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- San Diego police officer and suspect shot in supermarket parking lot during investigation
- No reelection campaign for Democratic representative after North Carolina GOP redrew U.S. House map
- How The Beatles and John Lennon helped inspire my father's journey from India to New York
- What to know about Tuesday’s US House primaries to replace Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz
- Recording Academy, ex CEO Mike Greene sued for sexual assault of former employee Terri McIntyre
Ranking
- Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
- Jon Rahm bolts for LIV Golf in a stunning blow to the PGA Tour
- Alex Ovechkin records 1,500th career point, but Stars down Capitals in shootout
- Unique ways Americans celebrate the holidays, from skiing Santas to Festivus feats
- Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
- NYC robbers use pretend guns to steal $1 million worth of real jewelry, police say
- Texas deputies confronted but didn’t arrest fatal shooting suspect in August, a month before new law
- Kentucky governor says state-run disaster relief funds can serve as model for getting aid to victims
Recommendation
Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
NFL Week 14 picks: Will Cowboys topple Eagles, turn playoff race on its head?
Why Prince Harry Says He and Meghan Markle Can't Keep Their Kids Safe in the U.K.
No reelection campaign for Democratic representative after North Carolina GOP redrew U.S. House map
Man can't find second winning lottery ticket, sues over $394 million jackpot, lawsuit says
Denny Laine, Moody Blues and Wings co-founder, dies at age 79
NTSB holds forum on pilots' mental health, chair says the existing rules are arcane
Last of 3 Palestinian college students shot in Vermont leaves hospital