Hiring/Retention
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The Navy is revamping its training paths for officers and enlisted leaders to better emphasize personal attributes that could be beneficial to the service.
January 25, 2017 -
Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) offered his first insights into his management ideas during his two-committee marathon nomination hearings to be the next director of the Office of Management and Budget.
January 25, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's hiring freeze memo leaves plenty of room for agency interpretation, human capital experts say. Specifically, it lets agencies ask for exemptions to the short term hiring freeze, until the Office of Management and Budget develops a plan to cut the size of the federal workforce through attrition. That concept, experts say, should worry agencies more than a 90-day freeze.
January 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump's long-promised hiring freeze on the entire federal civilian workforce will wind up hurting veterans hiring and the IRS' ability to go after tax cheats, according to the senator who ran against him in the election.
January 24, 2017 -
Marc Gutman, chief events officer at Lighthouse Conferencing, highlights the benefits of recruiting new employees in a different way.
January 24, 2017 -
If you say no new hires and no new contracting out, you've got the bureaucracy boxed in.
January 24, 2017 -
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Monday implementing a federal hiring freeze. It prevents agencies from making most new hires and prevents them from filling vacant positions. It does not apply to military or national security positions.
January 23, 2017 -
Most people expect a raise when they get a promotion. But for some feds in 2017, thanks to salary compression, that’s not the case.
January 23, 2017 -
The federal government's approach to cybersecurity personnel isn't serving the interests of better security very well. Hiring from the wrong places and granting certifications no one wants are among those not-so-smart practices. That's the contention of Paul Innella, founder of TDI, a cyber consultancy that's worked for many federal agencies. He offers his insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 23, 2017 -
Before leaving the Obama administration, Tony Scott, the federal CIO, released a report for the next administration to better understand the past, current and potential future of technology in agencies.
January 23, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to look more closely at Hispanic representation within the workforce and identify barriers and challenges that prevent them from recruiting and retaining a more diverse government.
January 20, 2017 -
Army Undersecretary Patrick Murphy says he hopes the Army continues its pushes in innovation and acquisition.
January 20, 2017 -
The Air Force will hire more people to take care of its weapons systems if it can get Congress to pay for more airmen.
January 18, 2017 -
Greg Stanford, director of government affairs for the Federal Managers Association, joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to talk about the potential for pay and hiring freezes under a Trump administration.
January 18, 2017 -
Walter Shaub, the director of the Office of Government Ethics, wrote to Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, calling for transparency and public education to the ensure citizens know how his agency oversees and guards against executive branch ethics issues.
January 18, 2017