Hiring/Retention
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David Green, chief security officer for Veriato, details why it’s important for agencies to rate employee positions and apply the appropriate insider threat oversight based on those ratings.
December 02, 2016 -
The IRS says it's rethinking its workforce strategy as it begins preparations to implement several sweeping changes to the agency. IRS Chief Human Capital Officer Daniel Riordan says he's developing new career models, as many new employees with have different jobs as the agency's operations change.
December 01, 2016 -
Feet cold? Put on a hat. If anything, we're entering a golden age for federal HR.
December 01, 2016 -
OPM is expected to release a final rule in the next few months that would change how agencies use data to do workforce planning.
November 30, 2016 -
Agencies wanting to improve customer service should hire front-line people who are good at customer service. No mystery there. But to support those people, you really need to have a much deeper orientation toward good service delivery. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with advice for how to do that.
November 30, 2016 -
Acting Office of Personnel Management Director Beth Cobert said agencies should include merit system principles, the rules and procedures that ensure objectivity in the federal hiring process, as an incentive for the top talent they want to attract.
November 30, 2016 -
The White House hosts agency leaders to develop concrete, actionable ideas on developing a more diverse, inclusive federal workforce.
November 28, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is behind on its background security checks and retirement claims processing for fiscal 2016. In the agency's financial report, OPM acting Director Beth Cobert pledges a continued effort to make up the difference through a variety of efforts like new contracts and using electronic records.
November 28, 2016 -
One military advocacy group is calling on President-elect Donald Trump to make military families' issues a top priority.
November 24, 2016 -
Army Secretary Eric Fanning warns against bumping up force size without proper funding.
November 23, 2016 -
The General Services Administration’s releases a solicitation for a vendor to set up a political appointee orientation program. The National Academy of Public Administration says training is a big missing piece to the presidential transition.
November 18, 2016 -
A new site designed to serve as a one-stop shop for federal managers, employees, job seekers and academic institutions and students in the cybersecurity field will launch within the next two months. The Office of Personnel Management said it's one of several steps the administration is taking to help agencies better recruit and hire new talent.
November 15, 2016 -
Across the cabinet agencies, 10 chief information officers are politically appointed. The question continues to come up every four years whether these senior IT executives need to be career or political.
November 14, 2016 -
The White House has a goal: to improve upon the 2008 presidential transition, widely acknowledged as the smoothest exchange of power between administrations in U.S. history.
November 14, 2016 -
Agencies hired 6,000 more veterans in fiscal 2015 than in the previous year, according to a new report on veterans hiring in the federal workforce from the Office of Personnel Management. OPM says the positive numbers are the result of the Veterans Employment Initiative, which President Barack Obama began in 2009.
November 11, 2016