Hiring/Retention
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Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin gave a progress report on a wide range of initiatives. He told the Senate VA Committee that the department is still making "incremental change" on hiring, appeals modernization, accountability and a new electronic health record.
January 18, 2018 -
One Agriculture Department employee describes how changes to the workforce degrades the agency’s ability to meet its mission.
January 16, 2018 -
The Agriculture Department issued a new policy that requires employees to be in the office at least four days per week thus limiting telework to two days per pay period.
January 16, 2018 -
The Coast Guard has some of the best retention numbers in the military, but how is it doing it?
January 15, 2018 -
Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to discuss the security clearance backlog and how it is impacting the government workforce. January 19, 2018
January 11, 2018 -
The U.S. Border Patrol must recruit and train 2,729 new agents a year for the next five years, in order to meet the administration's hiring goals and keep up with current attrition.
January 09, 2018 -
The answer to the question in the headline is that we should all care, because it is certainly no way to run a business, or a government.
January 09, 2018 -
Federal News Radio obtained a draft of an executive order seeking to give CIOs new hiring authorities and IT governance.
January 08, 2018 -
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