Memo (2025): Implementation of Civilian Workforce Hiring Freeze

The purpose of this guidance is to clarify immediate actions to be taken by Heads of the bureaus and equivalent offices within the Department to implement the EO and provides information on the types of exemptions authorized under this hiring freeze as well as instructions on how bureaus and equivalent offices can request exemptions through the Department to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for critical situations where additional exemptions may be warranted.