Federal News Countdown: Diverse job seekers, innovative ideas

Jon Desenberg, director of policy at the Performance Institute, and John Salamone, vice president of FMP Consulting, count down the week's top federal stories with...

Guests on the Federal News Countdown:

  • Jon Desenberg, director of policy, Performance Institute
  • John Salamone, vice president, FMP Consulting

John Salamone’s stories:

#3 OPM retirement backlog reaches 18- month high (Federal News Radio)

#2 GAO highlights two ways to fire poorly performing feds more easily (Federal News Radio)

#1 OPM banks on data to attract younger, more diverse job seekers (Federal News Radio)

Jon Desenberg’s stories:

#3 Hillary Clinton has little to fear from Martin O’Malley (The Washington Post)

#2 Report urges longer probation to weed out ‘substandard’ staff (The Washington Post)

#1 Commerce invites employees to bring forth innovative ideas (Federal News Radio)

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