u/Ill-Rabbit-7386 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Link to the third party news source that verifies this “standalone” “fact” and irrefutably links it to this announcement. Again, I can irrefutably say you aren’t reliable or honest or able to provide any absolute evidence of this fact that “no one”
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
SOURCES (hopefully you can read them because copy pasting all relevant pieces doesn't fit in a comment):
[https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams](https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams)
[https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government](https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government) (USAJobs is the only OFFICIAL federal government job board, other than USPS).
[https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/employment-laws-and-regulations/](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/employment-laws-and-regulations/) Federal hiring is governed by **5 U.S.C. § 2301**, which establishes that hiring must be determined solely on the basis of ability, knowledge, and skills, after fair and open competition.