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More than 200,000 men and women leave the military every year. Many of them discover finding a job and transitioning to a civilian life can be difficult. DOD's newly redesigned Transition to Veterans Program aims to help former service members adjust to their new roles. Susan Kelly is the program director and spearheaded the program overhaul. For that, she was named one of the 33 Service to America Medal finalists. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the program redesign.
July 07, 2015 -
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Federal News Radio’s fourth annual survey of chief acquisition officers and senior procurement executives found training, recruitment and retaining acquisition workers continues to be their highest priority. But the survey found CAOs believe finding efficiencies in their contracts is becoming more important. Commerce's Barry Berkowitz said his agency’s spend analysis showed possible consolidation and reduction opportunities in $800 million in procurement spending.
July 05, 2015 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission celebrates its 50th anniversary today. And while it's made a lot of progress since 1965, there's still a lot of work to do to achieve across-the-board equality of opportunity in today's workplace. Jenny Yang is the chairwoman of the EEOC. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the celebration and the work the agency still has to accomplish.
July 02, 2015-
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A House bill passed last week would give the Veterans Affairs Secretary much more flexibility to fire corrupt or poor-performing employees — not just top officials. The 2015 VA Accountability Act would expand on the authority of last year's Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act, which made it easier to get rid of senior executives engaged in wrongdoing. In this week's Legal Loop, employment attorney Lynne Bernabei, a partner at the law firm Bernabei and Watchel, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to discuss more of the act's implications.
July 02, 2015 -
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The White House is launching a leadership development program so small the participants could easily fit around a single conference table. Yet if successful, they could revolutionize the way the government tackles its most complex problems.
July 01, 2015 -
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is failing to hire and promote enough minorities despite years of vowing to do so, Director John Brennan said Tuesday, announcing a new effort to tackle the problem of a…
July 01, 2015 -
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The Agriculture Department is trying lots of ways to develop its next generation workforce. One bureau has set up partnerships with schools in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia to let high school students intern as crop inspectors. Lorenzo A. Tribbett is the director of the Specialty Crop Inspection Division at USDA. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain more about the program and its impact so far.
June 24, 2015-
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Lawmakers and good-government groups say the Competitive Service Act of 2015 would reduce duplication among agencies by creating a \"best qualified list\" for similar job openings.
June 17, 2015 -
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The government is betting that personal coaches can help boost federal employees\' sagging morale and even make agencies more productive. The Office of Personnel Management has compiled a governmentwide database of certified coaches who can be deployed to help any federal employee at any agency.
June 15, 2015 -
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Evan Lesser, founder and director for ClearanceJobs.com, will discuss the challenges that agencies are facing in filling jobs that require a security clearance. June 5, 2015
June 05, 2015 -
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Commentary: Former DHS human capital exec Jeff Neal asks: Why does government not compete effectively? Can we address the problems? Or is government never going to be able to compete?
June 05, 2015 -
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Using tools it\'s honed on its own employees, the National Security Agency is launching the intelligence community\'s answer to the federal hiring portal USAJobs.gov.
May 29, 2015 -
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The Senate subcommittee that oversees federal management hosted a hearing Wednesday on how agencies can better address 21st century problems. Two employee representatives had an answer for Congress: Stop attacking the federal workforce.
May 20, 2015
