Hiring/Retention
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The bipartisan ACCESS Act, if enacted, would remove college degree requirements from jobs in the federal contracting space.
April 10, 2024 -
VA positions under review include a mix of white-collar General Schedule (GS) and blue-collar Wage Grade (WG) positions.
April 09, 2024 -
A top State Department official says recent budget cuts are putting more strain on an already overburdened workforce.
April 05, 2024 -
Concern remains that the final rule to block Schedule F will not prevent a future administration from resurrecting it
April 05, 2024 -
A recent Gallup study of more than 5,400 survey respondents finds 26% of federal employees say they “very often” or “always” feel burned out at work.
April 03, 2024 -
Zakiya Carr Johnson is a former White House official and former director of State's Race, Ethnicity and Social Inclusion Unit.
April 03, 2024 -
Many agencies say the Schedule A hiring authority benefits the federal hiring process, but some agencies still face difficulties and confusion with using it.
March 28, 2024 -
A rulemaking petition calls on OPM to establish a clear, standardized process anytime federal officials may be considering agency relocations.
March 26, 2024 -
After a hiring freeze, Commissioner Martin O’Malley is readying plans to rebuild the Social Security Administration workforce as quickly as possible.
March 25, 2024 -
Three women leaders at the NSA share their stories and highlight how the agency is aiming to become a better employer for everyone, including women.
March 25, 2024 -
Pay at TSA was reportedly one of the crunch-time issues for lawmakers negotiating the contentious fiscal 2024 homeland security spending bill.
March 21, 2024 -
Congressional appropriators lay out six new agency reporting requirements on federal telework and return-to-office in the 2024 government spending agreement.
March 21, 2024 -
Attrition woes at the CWMD office come as it also grapples with some of the lowest employee engagement scores in the federal government.
March 20, 2024 -
Staff attrition would only exacerbate the Bureau of Prisons' current 40% staffing shortage, the union said.
March 20, 2024 -
For civil service reform, agencies should use lessons learned from workforce pilots at other agencies, according to a recent report from Convergence.
March 19, 2024