US Edition
The New Federal Hiring Process Will Require a Loyalty Oath
- On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued the Merit Hiring Plan requiring federal job applicants to answer four essay questions including one on advancing the president's policies.
- This plan implements President Trump's January 2025 executive order reforming federal hiring to focus on merit, competence, and ideological alignment following the 2024 Project 2025 proposals.
- Applicants for specialized positions at GS-05 level or above must write 200-word essays explaining how they would support specific Trump executive orders and policy priorities.
- The administration states the plan aims to improve hiring efficiency and ideological fit, while critics call the essay a partisan loyalty test conflicting with the constitutional oath federal workers take.
- This hiring process may reshape the federal workforce by emphasizing political loyalty alongside qualifications, raising concerns over politicizing civil service roles intended to uphold the Constitution impartially.
16 Articles
16 Articles
Governmentwide hiring plan calls on agencies to recruit ‘patriotic Americans’ into federal jobs
The entrance to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington, D.C. in a 2015 file photo. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)By Jory Heckman The Trump administration is calling on agencies to hire federal employees more quickly, and will soon ask candidates applying for federal jobs how they will adhere to its government efficiency agenda. The Office of Personnel Management, und…
Woman Claims Federal Employees Are Now Required To Write 'Loyalty' Essays About Trump In Shocking Video
Speaking during former CNN broadcaster Jim Acosta's town hall in Washington, D.C., a Defense Department employee confirmed that federal employees are now required to write a two-page essay about why they support the Trump administration. The woman's words came several days after the White House announced a new hiring initiative aimed at ensuring that incoming federal employees are aligned with President Donald Trump's policy agenda. The plan, w…
A reform of federal recruitment provides for candidates to explain how their work will "progress the president's decrees and political priorities." A partisan drift denounced by the Democrats and the main union of federal employees.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 83% of the sources lean Left
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
