Hiring/Retention
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For the next 22 months, agencies can noncompetitively hire military spouses to a federal position regardless of their location, according to a long-awaited policy the Office of Personnel Management finalized early this week.
September 20, 2021 -
VA has a model for staffing. But the VA Office of Inspector General finds the model somehow fails to translate into a clear picture of staffing requirements.
September 16, 2021 -
OPM has not come back to pre-COVID levels of retirement claims processing and staffing, and like many federal agencies is still dealing with a wide swath of the workforce working remotely.
September 14, 2021 -
It took a lot of technology work to keep the government operating remotely through the pandemic. But what about the finances of it all?
September 03, 2021 -
The IRS plans to surge its hiring to fill its depleted ranks. The agency told Congress last year it has 33,000 fewer employees than it did a decade ago.
September 03, 2021 -
The House Armed Services Committee advanced a defense policy chock full of amendments addressing AI, Buy American, pay parity, civilian control of the military and other issues.
September 02, 2021 -
NASA is taking the next several months to "experiment" with employee telework and remote arrangements before making big investment or divestment decisions.
September 02, 2021 -
Mike Causey asked a couple of dozen faithful readers the same question: What about the office of the future from your standpoint?
September 02, 2021 -
USPS in the memo encourages all employees “who wish to get vaccinated” to do so, but the USPS workforce is under no obligation to get the vaccine.
August 30, 2021 -
Budding IT professionals with software engineering, data science, design, cybersecurity and other critical skills are eligible to apply to the Digital Corps fellowship, a two-year, paid opportunity designed specifically for entry-level talent.
August 30, 2021 -
Under the Department of Homeland Security's new cyber talent management system, employees will have different career and promotion paths, benefits and likely higher salaries compared to their colleagues in the traditional General Schedule.
August 26, 2021 -
Hodan Omaar of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation thinks public sector employers can help solve some of those concerns by becoming responsible early adopters of AI for workforce decisions.
August 26, 2021 -
Michele Evermore, senior policy adviser on unemployment insurance at the Labor Department, talked about some of the efforts now underway via the American Rescue Plan.
August 25, 2021 -
As the House sets new deadlines to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill by the end of September, here are several provisions that might impact federal employees and their agencies.
August 24, 2021 -
The Postal Service is gearing up to fill a significant number of supervisor positions left vacant as part of a recently lifted hiring-and-promotion freeze, in order to prepare for this year’s peak holiday season.
August 24, 2021