The Office of Personnel Management sought to soften the importance of essay prompts for federal job applicants after critics ...

A quietly circulated memo from the federal government's HR agency warns hiring managers against using the essay responses as ...

One of those "assessments," the memo explains, is four 200-word essay questions each applicant must answer in order to prove that they would be a good fit for the Trump administration.

The new essay questions are the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erode civil service protections, critics said. The questions all focus on candidates’ level of patriotism ...

Those seeking a job in the federal government will now have to write an essay in support of President Donald Trump's executive orders, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management ...

The administration says it’s eliminating DEI factors in hiring for the service, and will focus on candidates’ efficiency, merit and competence, ability to lead, and ability to achieve results.

Topline. Essay questions about government efficiency and President Donald Trump’s executive orders will soon be included in federal job applications, the Office of Personnel Management announced ...

Meanwhile, OPM is placing less emphasis on essays federal job candidates filled out detailing how they would advance the administration's policy goals.

Many critics say the administration is scrapping a nonpartisan, merit-based civil service in favor of a biased, politicized ...

The Trump administration is making plans to release the audio of former President Joe Biden’s interview with Robert Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden’s handling of classified ...