Hiring/Retention
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The Office of Personnel Management authorized the use of excepted service Schedule A appointments to fill vacancies directly in support of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
February 01, 2022 -
A gambit by the Biden administration to mail COVID test kits to every household, has highlighted a part of the Postal Service most people don't see. The mail and packaging sorting and logistics that takes place before items get onto the little white trucks.
January 31, 2022 -
The minimum wage for federal employees and contractors is now $15/hour, and the administration is calling it a victory for pay equity. But experts say there's a lot more work to do to, especially around equitable recruitment and hiring.
January 31, 2022 -
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. You might be one of the federal employees who filled out that so-called pulse survey. It’s the…
January 28, 2022 -
The Navy Reserve is about 80% finished with a process that aims to reallocate its missions and job functions to make it more relevant to great power competition.
January 28, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, potential sailors have some new incentives to join the Navy.
January 27, 2022 -
National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys tells DoJ that its pay systems are leading to a disparity in what attorneys earn.
January 26, 2022 -
The list of executives leaving OMB’s Office of the Federal CIO is growing, but don’t take that as a bad sign.
January 26, 2022 -
The Office of Personnel Management and Commerce Department will host a roundtable to discuss the best ways to implement diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility into hiring and recruitment.
January 26, 2022 -
The number of natural disasters requiring a federal response seem to be on the rise. Yet the first- response agency FEMA suffers from staffing shortages. That's one finding of a review by the Government Accountability Office. No agency can ensure mission success without the right people. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got more from GAO's director of Homeland Security and Justice issues Chris Currie.
January 26, 2022 -
The federal cybersecurity workforce is less diverse than the rest of the federal government, and a unique series of challenges make it harder for agencies to show progress.
January 25, 2022 -
The service is on target for the first quarter of 2022, but the second half of the year will be an uphill battle.
January 25, 2022 -
The 13th Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) scorecard hearing offered some ideas for future ways to measure agency IT modernization progress.
January 25, 2022 -
Government attorneys appealed a Texas judge's finding that the Navy's strict religious accommodation process violates the religious freedoms of 35 sailors who refused the vaccine.
January 24, 2022 -
Kiran Ahuja, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, explains why making sure the federal workforce earns a minimum wage of $15 per hour is so important.
January 21, 2022