Hiring/Retention
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A new report frets over the growing obesity epidemic and its impact on the military.
October 15, 2018 -
Good government groups are ready for a civil service overhaul, but they're also excited to reignite the conversation about public service.
October 12, 2018 -
Federal agencies are slipping when it comes to using clear language everyone can understand on their public-facing websites. Some of the drop can be attributed to high turnover in the positions meant to work on this goal.
October 12, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, base officials are the describing the damage at Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle as "catastrophic."
October 12, 2018 -
The Office of Personnel Management said it will soon sign off two separate direct-hire authorities and will begin initial steps to develop a special occupational pay and classification system.
October 11, 2018 -
Federal News Network's Jared Serbu spoke with Lt. Gen. Ed Daly, deputy commander of the materiel command, at this week's Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington.
October 11, 2018 -
The Army is still figuring out how to deal with soldiers who are nondeployable for a year or more.
October 11, 2018 -
The Army’s deputy chief of staff for personnel discussed intentions to move away from a personnel system that uses cookie-cutter career paths.
October 10, 2018 -
The Army is overhauling the way it recruits after a sour 2018. This includes exploring social media, Twitch and even memes as a way to reach potential recruits.
October 09, 2018 -
Corbin Evans, director of regulatory policy at the National Defense Industrial Association, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for some initial impressions from the study.
October 09, 2018 -
Only 20 percent of the Army's cyber teams are made up of civilians. The Army is analyzing whether that's the right ratio in an environment where every uniformed servicemember is expected to be able to deploy to combat.
October 09, 2018 -
September saw fewer new retirement claims in September — 7,142 — than August — 8,826 — but OPM also processed fewer claims in that time than the month before.
October 08, 2018 -
Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer is focusing on changing the Navy culture to become more agile and efficient, to maximize the resources that it has at any given time.
October 05, 2018 -
Long-term nondeployable troops are in DoD's crosshairs as the new policy goes into effect.
October 02, 2018 -
The military is changing its training and recruitment standards to fit cyber operators.
October 02, 2018