On January 20, 2025, the White House ordered all executive departments and agencies to refrain from filling vacant positions or creating new positions for the next 90 days, with exceptions for “military personnel of the armed forces or . . . positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety.”  Additional exceptions include “positions requiring Presidential appointment or Senate confirmation, the appointment of officials to non-career positions in the Senior Executive Service or to Schedule A or C positions in the Excepted Service,” among others.