Hiring/Retention
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Greg Giddens, the director of the Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction at the Veterans Affairs Department, is pushing five main acquisition principles that he says will put the VA in the right direction.
January 27, 2016 -
The Defense Department needs to find better ways to attract and retain nuclear forces in addition to funding nuclear modernization, according to U.S. Strategic Command's leader Adm. Cecil Haney.
January 25, 2016 -
Karen Terrell, vice president of SAS Federal, argues that adaptive case management could transform the current approach to reviewing federal employees and contractors with security clearances.
January 25, 2016 -
Office of Management and Budget Deputy Chief Information Officer Lisa Schlosser said her office will start holding agencies more accountable for taking advantage of plays in the U.S. Digital Services Playbook. The playbook lists 13 best practices for delivering products and services to the public more quickly.
January 19, 2016 -
Although the Defense Department is meeting its goals to cut spending by reducing its civilian workforce, the Pentagon is expected to increase its spending on contracting.
January 19, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is letting agencies forego previous 2010 spending levels on recruitment, relocation and retention (3Rs) to help them hire new cybersecurity talent. Agencies must tell OPM of their plans and what critical needs they want to fill before getting approval.
January 18, 2016 -
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said screening at the IRS has gotten so bad that the agency at one point hired a former employee whose personnel file was stamped "do not rehire."
January 18, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is reminding managers of existing protocols for reviewing their employees. OPM encouraged executives to apply the "employee engagement plus" methodology to their appraisal process.
January 15, 2016 -
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James assured mothers she would change Air Force maternity leave policy if the Defense Department does not.
January 15, 2016 -
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said the extra $290 million it got from Congress this year will help the agency improve customer service and identity theft and cybersecurity protections during the upcoming tax filing season. But it still doesn't have enough resources to improve other aspects of the agency's operations.
January 14, 2016 -
Anne Altman, general manager for U.S. Federal and Government Industries at IBM, is retiring after nearly 20 years with the technology and consulting giant.
January 13, 2016 -
President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union speech offered few details on new programs or initiatives for federal managers and contractors. But the President did announce a new public-private sector effort to find a cure for cancer, led by Vice President Joe Biden.
January 13, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management's tools and pilot programs to improve federal hiring and workforce engagement have improved in some areas but stalled in others.
January 11, 2016 -
The cuts will happen between now and early April, according to an announcement the Air Force released on Wednesday. They’ll involve 48 separate installations, but they’re not likely to lead to the firings of many individual workers.
January 08, 2016 -
The budget deal cuts $250 million in civilian headquarters and mandates a report from the inspector general.
January 06, 2016