Hiring/Retention
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The Interior Department's IG reported two of the nation's largest hydropower dams are at risk from insider threats.
June 13, 2018 -
As the Senate has a few extra weeks to work, here are several bills worth keeping an eye on this summer.
June 11, 2018 -
The Army is nixing training it feels isn't helping readiness as a means of unburdening soldiers so they can spend more time with their families.
June 11, 2018 -
The Air Force follows in the Navy's footsteps and expands leave for secondary caregivers.
June 11, 2018 -
Congress once again is considering higher Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIPs) for civilian federal employees.
June 07, 2018 -
The Senate is proposing serious changes to the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act to improve recruitment and retention.
June 07, 2018 -
As the IRS looks to implement its new long-term strategy and sees a spending boost on the horizon from Congress, David Kautter, the agency's acting commissioner, plans to hire 1,700 full-time additional employees ahead of next year's tax filing season.
June 05, 2018 -
The private sector can bring perks and pay many feds only dream of, but a recent report by the Federal Reserve Board, indicated life outside the federal fold is not always a bed of roses.
June 05, 2018 -
Republican politicians might be making a big mistake in writing off federal workers and retirees, and Democrats might make an equally big mistake by taking them for granted.
June 04, 2018 -
The Air Force is expanding its STEP program to 180 enlisted airmen with high potential.
June 01, 2018 -
Politicians who want to reduce the cost of the federal retirement and labor-management programs say they are doing it for the most noble reasons.
June 01, 2018 -
The Air Force is now willing to pay bonuses of tens of thousands of dollars to retain airmen in 92 separate high-demand fields.
May 31, 2018 -
The Trump administration's three new executive orders on employee relations aim to speed things up.
May 30, 2018 -
Jeff Neal, former chief human capital officer at DHS, takes a closer look at President Donald Trump's recent executive orders affecting federal employee hiring and retention.
May 30, 2018 -
In the news business the best way to bury a story is to release or leak it on the Friday afternoon before a major national holiday. Such was the case this Memorial Day weekend when three executive orders designed to whip the bureaucracy in shape were issued Friday afternoon.
May 30, 2018