2017 Federal Civilian Employee Hiring Freeze By stina303 Oct 22, 2016 Trump announces plan for freeze. Nov 6, 2016 OPM "Hiring Excellence" Institutionalized Nov 8, 2016 Trump wins the 2016 Presidential election Nov 17, 2016 Internal Memo for 45 Day Hiring Plan Released Jan 9, 2017 Letter to Reconsider Freeze Sent to Trump Jan 20, 2017 Trump Sworn in to Office as 45th POTUS Jan 23, 2017 President Trump Orders Hiring Freeze Period: Jan 23, 2017 to Apr 24, 2017 90-Day Hiring Freeze Jan 25, 2017 OMB/OPM issue guidance and exceptions Jan 31, 2017 OMB/OPM issue more guidance and exceptions Feb 2, 2017 Pentagon announces 16 more exceptions Feb 9, 2017 U.S Senate hearing for a more effective Federal workforce Feb 16, 2017 Legislation Introduced to Exempt Veterans From Hiring Freeze Apr 24, 2017 90-Day Freeze (to be) Replaced by New Plan