Federal hiring pick‑up and a $37M Secret Service contract
U.S. federal hiring is ramping up after historic lows, with new hiring rules and an explicit focus on modernizing IT — and recent contracts like FYI and C2 Technologies’ $37M deal with the Secret Service underline demand for staffing, classification and training services reported; reported. The pattern signals more competition for municipal IT talent and a need to formalize internal cross‑training pipelines.
OPM finalized the so‑called “rule of many” to expand hiring flexibility for managers in September 2025, a change tied to the administration’s broader Merit Hiring Plan under Executive Order 14170 issued January 20, 2025. (govexec.com) Pew Research found the federal civilian workforce fell 10.3% in 2025 — a net loss of nearly 238,000 positions — underscoring why agencies are reopening hiring pipelines. (pewresearch.org) For Your Information, Inc. (FYI) and teaming partner C2 Technologies won a two‑year, $36,977,391.68 task order to provide human capital services to the U.S. Secret Service, with the task order showing a performance period from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2028. (app.g2xchange.com) The award explicitly lists consulting, staffing, position classification and training among deliverables, and FYI is identified as an SBA‑certified woman‑owned small business while C2 is noted as a major teaming partner in the public coverage. (executivebiz.com) The contract was issued under GSA Multiple Award Schedule vehicle 47QRAA24D00BM (Award ID 70US0926F2GSA2318) with an initial action obligation of $7,120,154.16 reported on the task order record. (usaspending.gov) Because the Secret Service task orders emphasize position classification and training alongside staffing, agencies seeking to compete for and retain scarce IT talent will face pressure to formalize job‑titling and classification alignment referenced in OPM’s job‑titling guidance tied to EO 14170. (executivebiz.com)
