Federal ...hiring freeze...- "Contracting outside the Federal Government to...
Federal ...hiring freeze...-
"Contracting outside the Federal Government to circumvent the intent of this memorandum is prohibited."
Contracting companies aren't purely staffing companies, they do solution delivery & contracts are often in place long before things like this come up. Not sure what this means for contractors.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/hiring-freeze/
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There was similar language in the 2017 Executive Order - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_States_federal_hiring_freeze
Fed gov't hiring levels have been at ~2 million for 50 years. Contracting head count exploded since then to fill the gap.
https://www.iatse728.org/about/news/6-facts-you-need-to-know-about-a-federal-hiring-freeze