President Donald Trump signed several executive orders aligned with his campaign promises. These orders include a temporary hiring freeze for federal agencies and a mandate for federal employees to return to their offices.

President Trump signed executive orders Monday freezing the hiring of federal workers and mandating a full-time return to in-office work for government employees. Why it matters: On Day 1, Trump is following through on his promise to overhaul the federal government, which employs hundreds of thousands of people in the Washington region.

Earlier hiring freezes actually made government services less efficient, the Government Accountability Office found.