OPM asked federal agencies to compile lists of workers to consider terminating, reflecting DOGE's goals to cut the government workforce.

White House instructs all government departments and agencies in the executive branch to end remote work arrangements.

Earlier hiring freezes actually made government services less efficient, the Government Accountability Office found.

The Defense Department is so far exempting all of its civilian positions from the freeze, according to multiple sources, allowing hiring for roughly 750,000 roles to continue. President Trump signed an executive order instituting the freeze on Monday shortly after his inauguration,