Hiring/Retention
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If innovators in industry can do it, why is the government — one of the world’s largest buyers of information technology — lagging behind when it comes to adopting digital technology?
March 11, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office defended their increased budget requests to Congress, emphasizing the amount of returns on the investment each agency brings back to the government.
March 09, 2016 -
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson defended his agency's $40.6 billion fiscal 2017 budget, telling a congressional committee that cybersecurity funding would help hiring efforts.
March 08, 2016 -
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) said federal employees wouldn't worry so much about changing locality pay, if Congress passed higher, across the board pay raises overall. He called for a 5.3 percent bump in pay next year, well over the 1.6 percent raise President Barack Obama proposed in his 2017 budget request.
March 07, 2016 -
DoD says BRAC would bring big savings in a time when it's facing big budget shortfalls if sequestration returns.
March 07, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is granting Direct-Hire Authority to certain federal agencies so they can fill needed jobs to fight the Zika threat.
March 04, 2016 -
Small agencies say the administration's new Cybersecurity National Action Plan could help them develop a collective force to address their IT challenges. Specifically, agencies are looking for help in hiring new cyber experts.
March 03, 2016 -
The Merit Systems Protection Board processed nearly 30,000 cases in fiscal 2015, a 63 percent increase over 2014, according to an annual report.
March 03, 2016 -
Former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal wishes he could report that the government had gotten its act together and had more balanced hiring and retention, but — sadly — that is not the case.
March 02, 2016 -
DoD's top procurement official said the laws keeping government officials from moving to the private sector are too stringent.
March 02, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management released the 2015 Federal Executive Board report on March 1, detailing the successes of FEBs across the country in workforce development, emergency preparedness and community outreach.
March 01, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter punched back at Congress after some lawmakers doubted the necessity of the Force of the Future initiative.
February 29, 2016 -
At 22, Jarrett Zubiate was managing a Verizon store, but he wanted more. Trained as a Navy hull technician, he stepped off the fleet to become a recruiter. Zubiate talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about being named the Navy's enlisted recruiter of the year.
February 29, 2016 -
House lawmakers criticized the Homeland Security Department’s mismanagement over the last 12 years of its initiative to modernize and consolidate its HR systems, saying the agency spent $180 million over the last 12 years and received few benefits.
February 26, 2016 -
Two senior leaders at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center are under investigation for misconduct related to misuse of prescriptions and other medical care.
February 25, 2016