The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.

Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and directives as he sought to put his stamp on his new administration. Read more at straitstimes.com.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities