Hiring/Retention
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The Air Force Personnel Center commander says civilian hiring is one of the biggest struggles the service is going through right now.
June 25, 2018 -
The Trump administration plans to tackle the federal shortage of cybersecurity professionals include a new cybersecurity hiring system, a cybersecurity reservist program, and a plan to reskill current federal employees while improving the pipeline for new cyber talent.
June 21, 2018 -
DHS has no trouble attracting job applications and in some ways it has too many. But Chief Human Capital Officer Angela Bailey is working to change where and how the agency recruits.
June 20, 2018 -
Margot Conrad of the Partnership for Public Service said it's important to adapt government to a younger workforce with changing expectations.
June 20, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission highlights the trouble federal agencies are having recruiting and hiring women to law enforcement positions.
June 19, 2018 -
Customs and Border Protection is still losing more border patrol agents faster than the agency can hire new ones, said Mark Borkowski, the agency's chief acquisition officer.
June 18, 2018 -
Due to delays from OPM and The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE), many agencies reported insufficient and incomplete cybersecurity assessments, resulting in unreliable data.
June 18, 2018 -
Dozens of agencies are employing einterns through a similar approach the State Department is using with its Virtual Student Federal Service.
June 15, 2018 -
What is the state of the clearance jobs market in 2018? Find out when Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access.
June 14, 2018 -
More than a quarter of senators say they're concerned about the Office of Personnel Management's four legislative proposals to change federal retirement.
June 14, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department publishes the ratings of its 130 community living centers.
June 14, 2018 -
The Trump administration wants to make the federal retirement plan more costly to workers and less valuable to retirees. But officials could probably "drain the swamp" of thousands of bureaucrats if they made the changes effective later rather than sooner.
June 14, 2018 -
After a second wave of cuts to the Marine Corps' Unit, Personal and Family Readiness Program, only about one third of the UPFRP offices will remain.
June 13, 2018 -
Do those Trump administration executive orders on federal employment and labor relations have you upset, worried or fearful? Well maybe you need to take a deep breath.
June 13, 2018 -
The Interior Department's IG reported two of the nation's largest hydropower dams are at risk from insider threats.
June 13, 2018