{"id":745,"date":"2025-08-05T01:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/?p=745"},"modified":"2025-08-05T01:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:26:52","slug":"merit-hiring-finally-by-usa-government-end-of-hiring-any-one-that-walks-in-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/merit-hiring-finally-by-usa-government-end-of-hiring-any-one-that-walks-in-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"MERIT HIRING FINALLY BY USA GOVERNMENT, END OF HIRING ANY ONE THAT WALKS IN THE DOOR!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"post-lead\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title single-post-title\">After 46 years, DOJ ruling restores merit-based hiring by federal agencies<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<article class=\"entry post-148450 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-exclusives category-top-stories category-washington category-world-links category-world-tribune tag-after-46-years tag-doj-ruling-restores-merit-hiring-for-federal-agencies tag-doj-ruling-restores-merit-based-hiring-by-federal-agencies tag-worldtribune-com last_archivepost\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Department of Justice on Friday terminated a Carter Administration rule that hamstrung federal agencies from conducting merit-based hiring.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_148451\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-148451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harmeet.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harmeet.jpg 425w, https:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harmeet-272x174.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harmeet-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldtribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/harmeet-86x54.jpg 86w\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon \/ DOJ photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division ended a Carter era decree that required federal agencies to get permission before implementing testing of job applicants to determine who was the best person for the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor over four decades, this decree has hampered the federal government from hiring the top talent of our nation,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Civil Rights Division. \u201cToday, the Justice Department removed that barrier and reopened federal employment opportunities based on merit \u2014 not race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A DOJ press release noted that, in Luevano v. Ezell, the Court dismissed a consent decree based on a lawsuit initially brought by interest groups representing federal employees in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decree entered in 1981 imposed draconian test review and implementation procedures on the Office of Personnel Management \u2014 and consequently all other federal agencies \u2014 requiring them to receive permission prior to using any tests for potential federal employees, in an attempt to require equal testing outcomes among all races of test-takers,\u201d the DOJ said.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump challenged the decree when he took office in January, which forced the reopening of the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump Administration argued that, in light of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision against affirmative action, it was likely that the decree was no longer considered to be constitutionally valid. Luevano, who is still living though the original judge is not, agreed to terminate the decree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s simple, competence and merit are the standards by which we should all be judged; nothing more and nothing less,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. \u201cIt\u2019s about time people are judged, not by their identity, but instead by the content of their character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FINALLY WE WILL HAVE TO STOP MAKING FUM OF GOVERNMENT &#8220;&#8221;WORKERS?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 46 years, DOJ ruling restores merit-based hiring by federal agencies The Department of Justice on Friday terminated a Carter Administration rule that hamstrung federal agencies from conducting merit-based hiring. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon \/ DOJ photo The DOJ\u2019s Civil Rights Division ended a Carter era decree that required [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":746,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions\/746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sterlingcooper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}