Federal job applicants can’t skip ‘loyalty question’ that OPM says is optional, court filings claim

Despite OPM claims, federal job applicants can’t skip ‘loyalty question,’ unions say

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to Congress. Federal labor unions suing to block a loyalty question on federal job applications challenged the administration's claim that answering the question is optional. (Photo by Daniel Torok/The White House)By Jory Heckman New essay questions on many federal job applications, asking candidates how they would advance the Trump administration’s policies, are optional, according …

Federal job applicants can’t skip ‘loyalty question’ that OPM says is optional, court filings claim

OPM says it’s optional for job candidates to answer the essays and that they won’t be disqualified from consideration if they skip them.