And my office will follow up with you in a month so we can get a full report of exactly what’s happening.
Follow up with Army leaders within a month to obtain a full report on the status of civilian workforce hiring and hiring freeze changes.
Occurrences
Evidence
Strickland questioned Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and General Christopher LaNeve about civilian workforce delays and stated that her office would follow up in a month to get a full report.
Driscoll said the Army kept the department-wide hiring freeze longer than other services, was selectively lifting it, and expected no Army hiring freezes in about one or two months.
The official transcript archive lists the May 15, 2026 Army workforce transcript as the latest visible transcript and shows no later transcript documenting the promised follow-up.
The official press release archive's newest visible release is June 5, 2026, and it does not show a later public update on the Army civilian workforce report.
The presidential memorandum ordered a freeze on federal civilian hiring across executive agencies, with exceptions including military personnel, national security, public safety, and OPM-approved exemptions.
OMB and OPM guidance applied the freeze to federal civilian appointments, instructed agencies to unlist covered vacancies, and described exemption procedures for critical situations.
Assessments
Strickland made the underlying oversight promise during a May 15, 2026 House Armed Services exchange and pressed Army leaders for details on civilian workforce hiring delays and hiring-freeze changes. The one-month deadline has passed, but the available record only shows the hearing statement and related Army oral status update, not proof that her office actually followed up or obtained the promised full report. Official press-release and transcript archives through July 6, 2026 do not document completion, so the outcome remains unverified rather than delivered or definitively failed.