Biden announces AmeriCorps alumni hiring order to strengthen federal recruitment

President Joe Biden announced on January 16, 2025, that he had signed an executive order making it easier for federal agencies to hire alumni of full-time AmeriCorps programs. The White House said the order would streamline the pathway into federal service for about 23,000 trained AmeriCorps alumni each year, following a recommendation from the bipartisan National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service. The action was meant to help agencies recruit people with national-service experience while addressing an aging federal workforce. This row overlaps with other AmeriCorps hiring records from the same day and should be reviewed for consolidation, but the underlying action is real and now source-specific.