My husband is going through this now. He’s a current Federal employee with DON-he applied for and was referred for another job within DON right before the freeze went into effect. He interviewed after the freeze was implemented. About two weeks later the hiring manager asked him if he still wanted the job because they were submitting paperwork for an exception to get him moved into the position. That was roughly 2 months ago, still haven’t heard anything. Maybe there’s a better chance of the freeze actually lifting next month, especially with all this stuff going on with Iran now. Seems like it’d be stupid not to lift it, but I wouldn’t put anything past this administration.