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Yet, Federal hiring criteria long ago abandoned any serious need for technical skills and adherence to the Constitution. Instead, the overly complex Federal hiring system overemphasized discriminatory “equity” quotas and too often resulted in the hiring of unfit, unskilled bureaucrats. The American people, who deserve a government that works for them, have suffered.  \nIn his January 20, 2025 Executive Order 14170, Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service (“Restoring Merit”) President Trump directed that“recruitment and hiring processes” become “more efficient and focused on serving the Nation”and that hiring be based on “merit, practical skill, and dedication to our Constitution.” These changes will “ensure that the Federal workforce is prepared to help achieve American greatness, and attract the talent necessary to serve our citizens effectively.”  \nPresident Trump directed the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to “develop and send to agency heads a Federal Hiring Plan that brings to the Federal workforce only highly capable Americans dedicated to the furtherance of American ideals, values, and interests.”President Trump stated that this Merit Hiring Plan must achieve seven goals:  \n1. Prioritize recruitment of individuals committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution;  \n2. Prevent the hiring of individuals based on their race, sex, or religion, and prevent the hiring of individuals who are unwilling to defend the Constitution or to faithfully serve the Executive Branch;  \n3. Implement, to the greatest extent possible, technical and alternative assessments as  \nrequired by the Chance to Compete Act of 2024; 1  \n4. Decrease government-wide time-to-hire to under 80 days;  \n5. Improve communication with candidates to provide greater clarity regarding application status, timelines, and feedback, including regular updates on the progress of applications and explanations of hiring decisions where appropriate;  \n6. Integrate modern technology to support the recruitment and selection process, including the use of data analytics to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities in hiring, as well as leveraging digital platforms to improve candidate engagement; and  \n7. Ensure Department and Agency leadership, or their designees, are active participants in implementing the new processes and throughout the full hiring process.  \nFinally, the Merit Hiring Plan must provide specific best practices for the human resources (HR) function in each agency, which each agency head shall implement. These HR best practices are included as Appendix 1.2  \nThe key elements of the following Merit Hiring Plan are:  \n1. Reforming the Federal recruitment process to ensure that only the most talented, capable and patriotic Americans are hired to the Federal service;  \n2. Implementing skills-based hiring, eliminating unnecessary degree requirements, and requiring the use of rigorous, job-related assessments to ensure candidates are selected based on their merit and competence, not their skin color or academic pedigree;  \n3. Streamlining and improving the job application process; and  \n4. Reducing time-to-hire to under 80 days by emphasizing the use of talent pools and shared certificates and streamlining the background check process.  \nI. Reforming the Federal Recruitment Process  \nThis Merit Hiring Plan provides the process, technology, and policy tools to allow the Federal government to hire the most talented, capabl","cbCaivGwAsYpBdcc","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivGwAsYpBdcc","pdf",558173,"English","# Merit Hiring Plan Overview\n## Seven Goals for Federal Hiring\n## Key Elements of the Plan\n# Reforming the Federal Recruitment Process\n## Ending All Racial Discrimination in Federal Hiring, Recruiting, Retention and Promotion","[{\"question\":\"What are the seven goals of the Merit Hiring Plan?\",\"answer\":\"The plan sets seven goals: prioritize efficient and Constitution-focused recruitment, prevent hiring based on race/sex/religion and disloyalty, expand technical and alternative assessments, reduce government-wide time-to-hire under 80 days, improve candidate communication and feedback, integrate modern technology and data analytics, and ensure agency leadership participation throughout hiring.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the plan define merit-based hiring?\",\"answer\":\"It directs hiring based on merit, practical skill, and dedication to the Constitution, using skills-based hiring and rigorous job-related assessments. 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