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Federal workforce

Strategic hiring committees required

Approve each vacancy through a strategic hiring committee

The hiring system is hiring a committee to review hiring.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / Office of Personnel Management
Status
Strategic hiring committees required
Due
Committees within 30 days
Paying for it
Federal personnel and workforce planning

Entered in the archive 2026-10-16.

ACTIVITY

Record date
EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

Personnel prepared the committee charter.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

I want the BEST People, not the most People!

EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

The committee will review positions awaiting approval to be reviewed.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

Now a Committee to make sure we don't have too many Committees, I want somebody very Alert on that Committee..... see how quickly Washington does this?

EO
Executive OfficeArchive note

Managers requested staff to prepare the staffing plans.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpBoard review

Approve the actual Worker, not just the Job Description.

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Track time-to-fill alongside the number of approvals completed.

PUBLIC RECORD

Executive Order 14356, signed October 15, 2025: Required agency strategic hiring committees to approve vacancies and filling decisions within the order's scope, alongside staffing plans and alignment with the administration's merit-hiring framework.

Federal Register · Executive Order 14356 · 2025-10-20 ↗