Federal hiring freeze affects Acadia
Acadia National Park's centennial last year, along with gorgeous weather and national publicity, brought a surge of visitation and economic activity, as well as traffic congestion that’s been the subject of the park’s ongoing development of a transportation plan.
But popularity doesn’t mean Acadia is immune to President Donald Trump’s Jan. 23 executive order placing a 120-day freeze on federal government hiring, the Mount Desert Islander reported.
“We have some very critical vacancies,” Superintendent Kevin Schneider told the Acadia Advisory Commission on Monday.
Schneider said the freeze affects permanent full-time positions. Among the most critical is the currently vacant information technology specialist, the “only permanent employee to troubleshoot our computer systems,” Schneider said.
But seasonal hires are exempt from the freeze. Park spokesman John Kelly told the Islander that Acadia plans to hire 140 to 160 seasonal employees this year.
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