Hiring/Retention

How agencies can recruit better job candidates with skills-based approach

To help agencies get hiring right, the Office of Personnel Management has new guidance for managers to pick candidates based on broader past experiences.

Hiring/Retention

What the return-to-the-office means for technology support

Workforce

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After high staff attrition, USDA seeks to rebuild with ‘robust’ hiring

Hiring/Retention

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The General Services Administration (GSA) building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. General Service Administrator Emily Murphy, the head of the obscure federal government agency that is holding up Joe Biden's presidential transition, appeared to know she might be facing a messy situation after the votes came in. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, the head of the General Services Administration, held a Zoom call with Dave Barram, 77, a man who was in her shoes 20 years earlier during the contested 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Barram said he advised her to

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GSA sees positive feedback on reentry, but deputy administrator says there’s ‘still a lot to learn’

Workforce

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Proposed NIH budget boost spending for experimentation, examines lower grant funding for minority scientists

Budget

AP/Cliff Owen

Two workforce bills to pay attention to from House committee’s latest markup

Congress

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FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

Pay & Benefits

EEOC, DOJ ‘sounding alarm’ over AI hiring tools that screen out disabled applicants

Artificial Intelligence

Axon Immersion Training Virtual Reality (VR) headset, used in training police officers to learn the best way to interact with people who suffer with autism, Thursday, May 23, 2019 in Washington. Police officers are now using virtual reality to learn the best ways to interact with people who suffer from autism and de-escalate situations that could quickly turn awry. A new training simulation using virtual reality headsets is being rolled out by Aon, the company best known for developing the Taser. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Your next piece of work-at-home equipment might be virtual reality goggles

Workforce

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo, Republican poll watcher Douglas Bucklin, center, observes as Schuylkill County Election Bureau Director Albert L. Gricoski, left, and staffer Christine Marmas, right, open provisional ballots in Pottsville, Pa. Even after he exits the White House, President Donald Trump's scorched-earth strategy of challenging the legitimacy of elections and seeking to overturn the will of the voters by any means necessary could have staying power. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP, File)

House of Representatives set to raise minimum salary for staffers

Federal Newscast

Retirement processing times inching down so far in 2022

Retirement

SSA acting commissioner ‘concerned’ about employee exhaustion, lack of engagement

As agency staffing challenges continue, the Social Security Administration is among the lowest ranked agencies on the latest pulse survey results.

Hiring/Retention

veterans affairs spokane washington, Mann-Grandstaff

VA hired 59,000 employees this fiscal year, but still struggles with workforce shortages

The Department of Veterans Affairs hired thousands of health care employees through a streamlined hiring process since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic….

Veterans Affairs

Senior Executives Association’s outgoing president describes org’s changes

SES

The Senior Executives Association hired Gregory Brooks to fill a new executive director role after the association’s president for the past two years Bob Corsi steps down.