Hiring/Retention
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office said the Postal Service's retiree health benefits fund has over $60 billion in unfunded liabilities.
October 02, 2018 -
New Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie addressed Congress for the first time since his confirmation about 60 days ago.
September 27, 2018 -
The federal government is having a hard time attracting employees with up-to-date technology skills. One data point that illustrates the problem: Roughly half of the government’s technology workforce is over the age of 50.
September 27, 2018 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development became the second agency to get help in upgrading its technology and financial management systems under the White House's marquee IT modernization effort.
September 26, 2018 -
Suzette Kent, the federal chief information officer, said Monday the new cloud smart strategy reflects eight years of learning and maturity.
September 25, 2018 -
Contractor systems and supply chain risk management among the most significant areas agencies and vendors should pay attention to in the document.
September 24, 2018 -
Drone pilots in the Air Force are flying Cessnas to learn the basics, but that won't work forever.
September 20, 2018 -
The government should be the employer of choice for many people. But is it? Let’s take a look at some of the reasons you might recommend a government job, and some reasons why you might not.
September 19, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson laid out a plan to add 74 squadrons, but said the service does not have specifics for what kind of aircraft it may need to buy.
September 19, 2018 -
Air Force secretary Heather Wilson said the service needs 74 additional squadrons in order to meet the missions it's been assigned under the new national defense strategy.
September 17, 2018 -
The Office of Management and Budget’s day-long event Sept. 12 with public and private sector leaders will produce a set of recommendations for how to transform the federal workforce.
September 17, 2018 -
This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss the state of the clearance job market and how the security clearance backlog is impacting the government workforce.
September 14, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) wants a joint session to analyze the legality of the Agriculture Department's proposal to move the Economic Research Service and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture out of the nation’s capital by the end of 2019.
September 12, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management says its starting this year's combined federal campaign with more upgrades to the online donation system.
September 11, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department released figures on employment vacancies at the agency as of June 30.
September 04, 2018