President Donald Trump’s pledge to overhaul the federal workforce is coming into sharper focus. The federal government’s human resources office is issuing memos instructing agency heads to review employees under probation for possible dismissal and instructing agencies on how to implement Trump’s hiring freeze order.
According to one memo issued on Jan. 20 by Charles Ezell, acting director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), agencies were directed to compile lists of probationary employees as part of the Trump administration’s plans “regarding critical potential personnel actions.”
