Yeah but odds are they’ll want to do a new investigation, or take six months to do a “crossover.”
From what I saw, CIA was not largely effected by the hiring freezes and RIF’s that took place earlier this year. CIA, FBI and DHS were mostly hiring at close to full capacity. Everyone else was impacted. DIA, NGO, NGA, as well as most other agencies did not post new openings or only posted a handful of them for months.
I would like to be hopeful that next year most agencies will start hiring again at full capacity, but that could be some time away from now.
I think most agencies hope to continue to “encourage” senior employees to move on, freeing up slots to hire more entry-level personnel.