Trump to lift federal hiring freeze Wednesday

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MarketWatch - 4/11/2017 - Louise Radnofsky and Rebecca Ballhaus - The administration plans to lift the federal hiring freeze that has been in place for the past three months but will continue its push to restructure and downsize the federal government, seen as a central piece of President Donald Trump’s pledge to “drain the swamp.” “The government reorg is probably the biggest story nobody is talking about,” Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, said in a briefing with reporters on Tuesday. “We’re trying to do something that’s never been done.” Mulvaney said the federal government would lift the hiring freeze on Wednesday. Agencies will be able to hire again, but will be required to submit plans for making themselves leaner. Some, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, will do so in the knowledge that Mulvaney and his former colleagues in the House of Representatives are eager to restrict their budget. Read more @ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump- ... 2017-04-11