Trump administration lifting federal hiring freeze

The Trump administration is lifting a federal hiring freeze as of Wednesday morning.
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney announced the policy change in a briefing to reporters Tuesday.
Cautioning “this does not mean agencies will be free to hire willy-nilly,” Mulvaney said the across-the-board hiring freeze the president imposed by executive order three days after taking office in January is being replaced with a “smarter plan, a more strategic plan, a more surgical plan.