The Pentagon has established an official process by which the Defense Department can grant exemptions to President Trump's order to temporarily freeze all federal hiring of civilians. The freeze, directed by a Jan. 23 presidential memorandum, does not apply to military personnel. A department-wide memo released Feb. 1 by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work includes a wide variety of positions that can be exempted from the freeze, ranging from cyber operations to child care. Work's memo framed the...
