Hiring/Retention
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While agencies have seven specific ways to recruit and get mission critical talent. they often fail to use these authorities.
January 04, 2018 Erin O'Brien, director of education and training services at the Wright State Research Institute, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss how the institute is preparing the next generation of intelligence analysts. January 5, 2018
January 03, 2018-
To compete, the government has an array of incentives to attract highly trained or specialized people. But are they used enough?
January 03, 2018 -
The Food and Drug Administration will begin a new hiring pilot this year in attempt to drastically cut down the time it takes to hire for mission critical positions.
January 02, 2018 How bad is the security clearance backlog and what can be done to improve it? Find out when Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access. December 29, 2017
December 27, 2017-
Towanda Brooks, chief human capital officer for the Housing and Urban Development Department, says her agency got an early taste of workforce reshaping. The transition and retraining process hasn't always been easy, but Brooks said it's helping HUD employees become more engaged in their work. Her efforts helped her win a prestigious Presidential Rank Award.
December 27, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's March executive order, a "Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch," launched a year of speculation about workforce reductions, budget cuts and possible changes to retirement benefits. The 2018 budget, released in May, only exacerbated the situation, as it seemed to confirm everyone's worst fears.
December 26, 2017 -
The Navy will no longer discharge sailors who fail its physical fitness assessment, and is cancelling early-out programs that let sailors leave the military voluntarily, steps officials say are required by a "growing Navy."
December 26, 2017 -
One of the big myths about government workers is that they are fireproof; once in, they are employed for life. That may not be the case at the Interior Department.
December 20, 2017 -
The Housing and Urban Development Department has learned how to hire more people more quickly. Now, it's learning how to re-skill its human resources office.
December 20, 2017 -
A new president kept the federal workforce on its toes this year. Bureauchat hosts Meredith Somers and Nicole Ogrysko discuss the most important stories they covered in 2017.
December 19, 2017 -
Lawmakers and military analysts weigh in on the most important personnel and readiness issues for 2018.
December 19, 2017 -
Agencies offered special payment authorities, such as retention incentives or student loan repayments, to less than 6 percent of the federal workforce between fiscal 2014 and 2016, according to a new study from the Government Accountability Office.
December 15, 2017 -
Margaret Weichert, the president's nominee to the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget, easily earned approval from members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during Thursday's nomination hearing.
December 14, 2017 -
After two years of trouble, the National Guard is still hurting for cyber troops.
December 14, 2017