The National Park Service on Tuesday received approval to hire seasonal workers for the coming year, though the status of term positions remained up in the air.
A letter sent out from the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget stated that "seasonal employees and short-term temporary employees necessary to meet traditionally recurring seasonal workloads" were exempt from the federal hiring freeze implement by President Trump earlier this month. The only caveat was that the Park Service needed to inform its OMB management office of its hiring plans.
What remained unclear was the status of time-limited or "term" employees, those hired for specific terms, such as 1-year or 3-year positions.
Look for full coverage of this issue on Wednesday on the Traveler.
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Good for the parks, but oh, ironically this will disappoint those trying to create a boogie man. As I said, much ado about nothing.
Unless you are one of the ones affected by this herky jerky mismanagement by the White House, but effects on those other than you aren't your big concern.
l am glad for this. I am so sorry for all the people's lives that are in limbo. The hiring feeeze on full-time federal employees will make the best and brightest applicants look away from the NPS as a potential employer.