Hiring/Retention
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The agency will start accepting and processing 2021 tax returns on Jan. 24, more than two weeks earlier than when it started last year’s filing season.
January 14, 2022 -
Rep. John Katko (R-Ny.) wants to make CISA a $5 billion-a-year agency. He plans to spend the next year studying how to get it there.
January 14, 2022 -
Karen Evans, former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, joins Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to share important leadership lessons and advice on how to build strong teams.
January 13, 2022 -
The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis has consistently ranked as among one of the worst places to work in the federal government.
January 12, 2022 -
DHS Secretary Alexandro Mayorkas is setting up a new Climate Change Professionals Program to recruit graduates and current agency employees to support the department’s growing focus on adapting to climate change.
January 12, 2022 -
OPM is creating a Chief Diversity Officer Council and exploring the possibility of creating a job classification series for federal employees who work as diversity experts.
January 12, 2022 -
The General Services Administration will partner with multiple agencies this year to assess, share and hire entry-level acquisition talent.
January 12, 2022 -
Paul Courtney, who became the new chief procurement officer for DHS in August, said recruiting and retaining his workforce is among his highest priorities.
January 06, 2022 -
Artificial intelligence is growing fast as a technology to help companies hire the people they need faster. But it also has the potential to introduce bias on a record scale.
January 05, 2022 -
The Office of Personnel Management plans to repeal several Trump administration workforce policies focused on making it easier to fire federal employees.
January 03, 2022 -
CDOs reported significant progress in meeting early goals under the 10-year Federal Data Strategy, but repeatedly sought to increase staffing and raise the overall data literacy of the federal workforce.
December 29, 2021 -
The improved performance is a positive sign for USPS management. However, the latest COVID-19 quarantine figures indicate USPS will continue to contend with employee availability issues well into 2022.
December 27, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, more employees at the Veterans Health Administration say they experienced burnout in 2021 compared to previous years.
December 23, 2021 -
The Office of Management and Budget will launch its first-ever learning agenda for the president's management priorities. It's soliciting feedback from academics, federal employees and state and local governments on the kinds of questions that will shape work on the President's Management Agenda.
December 21, 2021 -
Less than 7% of the federal workforce is under the age of 30, but data shows the government has long struggled to attract young talent. Will this time be any different?
December 20, 2021