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Teammates,
I am sharing the latest information we have so far for the implementation of the President's Hiring Freeze Executive Order.
This hiring freeze will remain in effect until implementation of a long-term plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government's workforce through attrition; this plan is required to be submitted within 90 days by the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management. The civilian hiring freeze impacts all DoD positions, regardless of funding source. No vacant civilian positions may be filled and no new positions may be created, except as set forth in DoD guidance and without prior approval from the Secretary of the Army.
DoD guidance provides exemption guidance for certain positions that have been determined necessary to execute the Department's national security mission and public safety responsibilities. Overall, there are 16 exemptions to the hiring freeze authorized by the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of the Army has been delegated the authority to grant some additional exemptions that meet the criteria as outlined by DoD. Exemptions approved by the Secretary of the Army must be certified in writing and this authority may not be further delegated.
Department of the Army is proactively working with Army Materiel Command, TACOM and Civilian Personnel Offices to extend temporary and term employees that we would like to extend within the constraints of the laws governing their employment. The current focus is employees whose term of employment or appointment expires between the date of the President's memorandum on the hiring freeze through the end of February 2017. We must be prudent and use professional judgment when requesting exemptions.
TACOM has received 76 Term/Temp SEC Army approved extensions including some for all depots/arsenals, the ILSC and FMX sites. Approximately 900 Term/Temp TACOM teammates are impacted over the next 90 days with the majority of the impact at ANAD, RRAD and SIAD. Exemptions are being worked weekly as CHRA identifies expiring Term/Temp appointments and will continue to do so.
Implementation guidance from the Department of Army is forthcoming to address a host of other hiring freeze concerns relative to exemptions, delegations, temporary promotions, reassignments and the waiver process.
Please route your questions through your chain of command so that your Business Group HR representatives and the TACOM G1 Office can provide an appropriate response to your leadership.
Below are the references concerning the hiring freeze:
a. Presidential Memorandum dated January 23, 2017, subject: Hiring Freeze, ordered a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees, and applies to all executive departments and agencies, including DoD.
b. Memorandum, U.S. Office of Management and Budget and U.S. Office of Personnel Management, M-17-18, subject: Federal Civilian Hiring Freeze Guidance, January 31, 2017.
c. Memorandum, Deputy Secretary of Defense, subject: Implementation of Civilian Workforce Hiring Freeze, February 1, 2017.
I am sharing the latest information we have so far for the implementation of the President's Hiring Freeze Executive Order.
This hiring freeze will remain in effect until implementation of a long-term plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government's workforce through attrition; this plan is required to be submitted within 90 days by the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Office of Personnel Management. The civilian hiring freeze impacts all DoD positions, regardless of funding source. No vacant civilian positions may be filled and no new positions may be created, except as set forth in DoD guidance and without prior approval from the Secretary of the Army.
DoD guidance provides exemption guidance for certain positions that have been determined necessary to execute the Department's national security mission and public safety responsibilities. Overall, there are 16 exemptions to the hiring freeze authorized by the Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of the Army has been delegated the authority to grant some additional exemptions that meet the criteria as outlined by DoD. Exemptions approved by the Secretary of the Army must be certified in writing and this authority may not be further delegated.
Department of the Army is proactively working with Army Materiel Command, TACOM and Civilian Personnel Offices to extend temporary and term employees that we would like to extend within the constraints of the laws governing their employment. The current focus is employees whose term of employment or appointment expires between the date of the President's memorandum on the hiring freeze through the end of February 2017. We must be prudent and use professional judgment when requesting exemptions.
TACOM has received 76 Term/Temp SEC Army approved extensions including some for all depots/arsenals, the ILSC and FMX sites. Approximately 900 Term/Temp TACOM teammates are impacted over the next 90 days with the majority of the impact at ANAD, RRAD and SIAD. Exemptions are being worked weekly as CHRA identifies expiring Term/Temp appointments and will continue to do so.
Implementation guidance from the Department of Army is forthcoming to address a host of other hiring freeze concerns relative to exemptions, delegations, temporary promotions, reassignments and the waiver process.
Please route your questions through your chain of command so that your Business Group HR representatives and the TACOM G1 Office can provide an appropriate response to your leadership.
Below are the references concerning the hiring freeze:
a. Presidential Memorandum dated January 23, 2017, subject: Hiring Freeze, ordered a freeze on the hiring of Federal civilian employees, and applies to all executive departments and agencies, including DoD.
b. Memorandum, U.S. Office of Management and Budget and U.S. Office of Personnel Management, M-17-18, subject: Federal Civilian Hiring Freeze Guidance, January 31, 2017.
c. Memorandum, Deputy Secretary of Defense, subject: Implementation of Civilian Workforce Hiring Freeze, February 1, 2017.
She was very nice though and I hope they do get some more contracts so I can get on if they're going to pay the same
