- Josh Hicks
- Reporter
Josh Hicks covers the federal government and anchors the Federal Eye blog. He reported for newspapers in the Detroit and Seattle suburbs before joining the Post as a contributor to Glenn Kessler’s Fact Checker blog in 2011. Josh graduated from Albion College and Stanford. He also lived in New Zealand for eight months working as a commercial fisherman and fruit picker. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.
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OPM plans to trim 356 employees in March
Budget constraints and a slowdown in federal hiring and training prompted the decision.
OPM to lay off 300 workers in March
The move is necessary because of budget constraints and a slowdown in federal hiring, the agency said.
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