Hiring/Retention
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Agencies’ ‘future of work’ plans, priorities in the President’s Management Agenda and hiring reform efforts defined 2022 for federal employees.
December 27, 2022 -
The omnibus spending bill would give the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget 120 days to come up with a plan to speed up the federal hiring process.
December 22, 2022 -
Congress is giving the IRS new priorities to staff up and deal with a pandemic-era backlog of tax returns — but a slightly smaller annual budget to meet those goals.
December 21, 2022 -
Congress is backing many of the State Department’s plans to modernize its workforce and bring its diplomatic into the 21st century in the latest defense policy bill.
December 16, 2022 -
The Chief Human Capital Officers Council hopes to duplicate and scale up successful pilots for federal hiring reform, including the use of shared certificates and skills-based hiring practices.
December 15, 2022 -
The VA Employee Fairness Act would provide full collective bargaining rights for 100,000 VA doctors, physician assistants, nurses, dentists and chiropractors.
December 15, 2022 -
Biden administration officials point to “great strides” in agencies progress under the President’s Management Agenda, just after it hit its one-year anniversary.
December 14, 2022 -
On the anniversary of President Joe Biden’s executive order detailing how agencies need to improve their customer experience, the Department of Homeland Security says it’s removing administrative barriers, increasing equity, building trust and strengthening security.
December 13, 2022 -
Agencies are reengineering their recruitment, hiring and retention strategies to find, nab and keep a broad spectrum of STEM-smart employees. Download this executive briefing to get a peek at efforts underway at DHA, HHS, Justice, NSF, Space Force, State and VA.
December 13, 2022 -
Environmental Protection Agency employees, implementing major climate and green government legislation championed by the Biden administration, are calling for higher wages and more opportunities for promotions.
December 09, 2022 -
The Veterans Affairs Department is on a hiring spree for IT talent, and recruiting private-sector employees hit by industry-wide layoffs to join its ranks.
December 09, 2022 -
The Social Security Administration wants to hire 4,000 new employees and drastically reduce processing times during 2023, but agency officials say they can't get there without full-year funding from Congress.
December 09, 2022 -
Congress wants intelligence agencies to work toward hiring most employees within six months.
December 08, 2022 -
The National Science Foundation and the American Federation of Government Employees signed a four-year collective bargaining agreement that will add more telework, create a student loan repayment program, expand the “after hours” program and more.
December 06, 2022 -
About one in four federal employees are veterans, spouses of veterans, or reservists. The Interagency Veterans Advisory Council, with 125 agencies participating, tracks veteran federal employee issues. Its most recent annual report had a couple of recommendations.
December 05, 2022