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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 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs anticipates it will develop an enterprise wide staffing model for direct patient care positions by 2022, with the goal of validating it by 2024. Without one, auditors said VA lacks a clear picture of its workforce needs.
August 20, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration wants to hire potentially thousands of new federal employees to overhaul the asylum process for immigrants arriving at the border.
August 20, 2021 -
A team at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is creating a new tool that will overlay demographic data with results from the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, giving agencies another view into the varied perceptions and experiences of the workforce.
August 17, 2021 -
For analysis, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with senior fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University Will Rinehart.
August 17, 2021 -
A new policy from the Office of Personnel Management will allow agencies to strategically recruit more students to paid positions in the federal government while in school, with the option of later converting them to a permanent jobs in the same organizations.
August 17, 2021 -
Government agencies still lag far behind the private sector when it comes to attracting elite technology talent, and reconciling this will be critical to ensuring that a remote-first infrastructure succeeds.
August 16, 2021 -
The 22% increase in federal retirements from June to July has led to a growing claims backlog.
August 12, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, new recommendations to the Office of Personnel Management from a federal employee-run organization are trying to close the pay gaps between men and women and among racial groups.
August 12, 2021 -
The Office of Inspector General found in its latest report that the Justice Department relied on dated and incomplete HR policies.
August 10, 2021