Hiring/Retention
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Agencies have a key role to play in expanding the number of “good paying, middle class” cyber jobs available to a more diverse range of people.
July 31, 2023 -
Congressional concerns about affirmative action and recruiting problems for the armed services reveals a fault line in how the military should set policies to increase diversity.
July 31, 2023 -
Agencies would also have to set up a process for reconsidering decisions that denied someone a job or clearance over weed use dating back to 2008.
July 28, 2023 -
Airport screeners and other Transportation Security Administration employees have received a major pay increase to bring their salaries on par with the rest of the federal civilian workforce.
July 27, 2023 -
Military families are forced to put plans on hold as Senate-blocked nominations for DoD affect lower level promotions and moves.
July 26, 2023 -
VHA is on track to beat its hiring targets for this fiscal year, but it still faces shortages in critical occupations like nursing assistants.
July 25, 2023 -
Government funding, policy and legislation, such as the $1.3 billion budget proposal for FY24 to bolster and train the federal health care workforce, the President’s Management Agenda (PMA) and the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experiences Act (IDEA) are united by the imperative to strengthen and empower the federal workforce.
July 24, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Microsoft will soon give it away for the sake of cybersecurity. The Office of Personnel Management is drafting new qualification standards for federal wildland firefighter management jobs. And the Air Force embeds recruiters in the Hinterlands to find new cadets.
July 20, 2023 -
The updated collective bargaining agreement between the Social Security Administration and the American Federation of Government Employees will cement official time, a mentorship program, child and elder care benefits and more for another six years.
July 19, 2023 -
Bill roundup: Committee OKs Border Patrol pay raise, CBP hiring, permanent federal firefighter raiseBills that would set higher pay for frontline Border Patrol agents, increase hiring, and make a temporary pay raise for federal firefighters battling wildfires are heading for a Senate floor vote.
July 19, 2023 -
DoD has gone some way toward easing the health care access problems employees in Japan have faced. But Congress is paying attention to ongoing challenges.
July 17, 2023 -
Bills to modernize cybersecurity hiring, broaden AI training and streamline regulatory documents advance out of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.
July 17, 2023 -
Customs and Border Protection is adding more criminal investigators to its Office of Professional Responsibility, the office in charge of investigating serious misconduct allegations by CBP staff. The office also reviews use of force and critical incidents like in-custody deaths.
July 17, 2023 -
Justin Marsico, the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service’s chief data officer, said a pilot program turned into a full-fledged training effort is helping to further instill the culture of data across the bureau.
July 17, 2023 -
The Air Force will delay PCS moves and pause bonuses to make up for a budget shortfall that could spell problems for recruiting goals.
July 11, 2023