Hiring/Retention
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The Chief Data Officers Council is getting feedback from agency CDOs on the niche they’re carving out in their agencies’ org chart and how they’re handling their work.
June 04, 2021 -
Many employees want to return to their offices not because they're so great, but because they want to renew human connections weakened over the past year.
June 04, 2021 -
Civilian agencies that saw their workforces decline or, in some cases, relocate, could experience hiring sprees if the Biden administration gets its way with its 2022 budget request.
June 02, 2021 -
Under this critical pay authority, the IRS can make up to 40 new hires at any one time, and bring those new temporary employees onboard within six to eight weeks.
June 02, 2021 -
The Biden administration will recommend a 2.7% federal pay raise for civilian federal employees in 2022. The president's budget request also outlines a few steps agencies will take to recruit more young talent and improve federal internships.
May 28, 2021 -
The State Department's Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship is focused on supplying in-demand tech talent to the Foreign Service and diversifying its ranks.
May 27, 2021 -
Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the clearance jobs market, including the ability of some cleared professionals to work remotely from home.
May 27, 2021 -
Industry and Congress say real progress has been made on the security clearance backlog, but they want to see the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency and other departments move with more speed to transform an outdated process.
May 27, 2021 -
The Preventing a Patronage System Act would prevent the White House, as the Trump administration proposed, from moving federal jobs outside the competitive service without approval from Congress.
May 26, 2021 -
Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and other technical skills are important, but the last year has underscored the importance of recruiting, retaining and training the DHS workforce.
May 24, 2021 -
Federal technology leaders share their thoughts, priorities and advice on successful technology adoption and leadership in a rapidly changing world.
May 24, 2021 -
Agencies are lifting mask requirements, and some in Congress are calling for federal employees to return to their offices soon. How agencies handle it all could sway those nearing retirement.
May 24, 2021 -
While President Joe Biden has proposed increased IRS spending by $80 billion over the next 10 years, the long-term nature of workforce planning and IT modernization requires a commitment to steady budget increases.
May 20, 2021 -
The upskilling program gives agencies a chance to fill critical skill gaps faster than what they could accomplish by onboarding new talent through the competitive hiring process.
May 14, 2021 -
Nicolas Chaillan, the Air Force’s chief software officer, said rebalancing the contractor-federal employee ratio is important to ensure the right oversight continues without delaying the delivery of software.
May 14, 2021