VA Declares 300,000 Health Care Jobs Exempt from Ordered Freeze on Federal Hiring
VA officials said the exemptions to a Jan. 20 executive order are necessary to provide health care and services to veterans.
More than 300k VA health jobs exempted from White House hiring freeze
Veterans Affairs officials issued guidance Thursday exempting more than 300,000 department health care posts from the White House’s federal hiring freeze, labeling them as essen
Trump's federal hiring freeze raises concerns about VA and military health care
It means some open jobs at the Audie Murphy VA Hospital and military hospitals such as Wilford Hall and Brooke Army Medical Center will go unfilled.
Veterans Affairs exempt from Trump's federal hiring freeze, but concerns about care remain
The Department of Veterans Affairs was spared Monday for the 90-day hiring freeze President Trump imposed on federal agencies, welcome news for the the roughly 9.1 million veterans enrolled in the agency's health care program.
Veterans Affairs exempt from Trump's federal hiring freeze
President Donald Trump hit the government with a federal hiring freeze on his first day in office, but it won't stop hiring at the Department of Veterans Affairs. After implementation of Trump's hiring freeze,
VA wants hiring freeze exemptions for 300,000 roles
The acting Veterans Affairs secretary said in a Jan. 21 memo that the requested exemptions cover positions critical to the delivery of health care services.
The federal hiring freeze could hurt vets care, other benefits
President Trump's federal hiring freeze was not supposed to affect veterans benefits, but it's still not clear how many of the Department of Veteran Affairs' staff are exempt from the freeze.
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