Hiring/Retention
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The Veterans Health Administration planned for “net-zero growth” for its workforce this year, but kept hiring amid ‘unprecedented health care demand.'
September 11, 2024 -
The IRS campus in Austin is one of three IRS processing centers that still ingest much of the agency’s paper-based workload.
September 10, 2024 -
With OPM's final rule, agencies can move Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) graduates to full-time jobs at different agencies in certain circumstances.
September 09, 2024 -
"DCSA plays a critical role in executing Trusted Workforce 2.0 objectives as the largest provider of personnel vetting services," Heather Green said.
September 09, 2024 -
VA officials told Congress about the $15 billion total budget shortfall in July. Lawmakers say it’s the largest funding gap in the department’s history.
September 06, 2024 -
NFFE says skipped-over job duties that wildland firefighters perform for the Forest Service could mean they’re missing out on thousands of dollars a year.
September 05, 2024 -
The VA told Congress that less than 30% of the 520,000 veterans with substance use disorders in its care are getting treatment specific to their condition.
September 04, 2024 -
The cyber hiring push led by the Office of the National Cyber Director comes as the government grapples with an estimated 3,000 open cybersecurity jobs.
September 04, 2024 -
The VA is on pace to provide more than 127 million medical appointments to veterans by the end of this fiscal year — a new record for the department.
September 03, 2024 -
VA officials say they’re staffing up and finding new ways to reach out to new veterans and enroll them in the benefits they’re eligible to receive.
August 28, 2024 -
"If they actually have an ownership stake in the enterprise when you're going into work, it's your business, not the boss's business," James Hasik said.
August 28, 2024 -
The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs. But the crush of last-minute enlistments means the service won’t be able to get them all through boot camp by next month, falling 5,000 sailors short of its target. The gaps are hurting the Navy’s ability to fully staff its warships. Navy Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman tells The Associated Press that the Navy has “not gotten to the point where we can’t do things." All of the military services have struggled in the past several years to attract recruits in a tight job market.
August 28, 2024 -
VA has big and ongoing human resources needs, and a need to modernize the systems connected to hiring and retaining humans.
August 27, 2024 -
Now in a hybrid work setting, leaders at OPM and USAID see both opportunities and challenges to creating ideal employee experience through process, IT changes.
August 27, 2024 -
The White House office’s effort to hire employees into the federal 2210 job series — with a focus on skills and not education — makes headway.
August 26, 2024