Hiring/Retention
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The Army is whittling down its 14,000 soldier backlog of noncommissioned officers that need educational training.
February 17, 2016 -
The Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for 2016-19 sets a three-year course for the CIA to embrace and integrate diversity into its workforce.
February 17, 2016 -
Defense companies are expected to increase hiring for the first time in five years, but that could create problems for the Defense Department's recruiting initiatives.
February 16, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is proposing 11 questions that are more relevant and less ambiguous to measure satisfaction across specific governmentwide areas.
February 15, 2016 -
A new survey from NAPA and ICF found agencies say budget and workforce challenges stand in their way to moving more toward digital services. The administration is trying to address both of those through the 2017 budget request and new training.
February 11, 2016 -
The Marine Corps is looking toward personnel for ways to meet its cyber mandates in a time of budget cuts.
February 11, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is accepting nominations for the Presidential Rank Awards. The awards honor the employees and their daily work that goes above and beyond standard accomplishments.
February 10, 2016 -
Adm. Mike Rogers plans to create four new directorates to better integrate the agency’s two core missions, foreign signals intelligence and information assurance.
February 09, 2016 -
President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for $19 billion for federal cybersecurity efforts in fiscal 2017. The White House wants to use some of the money to create a $3.1 billion IT modernization fund and provide more education to federal employees as part of a new cyber national action plan.
February 09, 2016 Talent acquisition manager Mike Bruni will discuss job trends in the federal government, the kinds of workers that agencies need, and how to land a job in what is a competitive and challenging federal market. February 5, 2016
February 07, 2016-
The government is big, with 2 million people in the civilian workforce. It's also middle-aged. Only 7 percent are under 30. Now the Office of Personnel Managment has come out with something called the Pathways Toolkit to help agencies hire greater numbers of younger people. Tim McManus, the vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, told Federal Drive with Temin how it's helping OPM develop the new tools.
February 05, 2016 -
The Office of Special Counsel is urging individual agencies to register for OSC’s 2302 (c) Certification Program, which provides information on prohibited personnel practices and offers protection for whistleblowers.
February 05, 2016 -
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hit Beth Cobert, the nominee to be the permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management, with a wide range of questions at her nomination hearing. But the committee is also looking for more transparency and better communication between OPM and Congress.
February 04, 2016 -
That gap between how the public and private sectors embrace digital technology is at the heart of the most recent Federal Leaders Digital Insight Study.
February 04, 2016 -
The second of two Department of Veterans Affairs senior executives had her demotion reversed by a Merit Systems Protection Board judge. Diana Rubens was demoted from her executive position by the VA for allegedly abusing her power for her own personal gain. Fellow SESer Kimberly Graves received a similar decision from a judge last week.
February 01, 2016