Hiring/Retention
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A new report from VA's inspector general illustrates how discrepancies in vacancy counts add to ongoing staffing issues within the agency, despite some improvements in recent years.
June 14, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management finalized a new policy that allows agencies to rehire former federal employees at a higher grade level than when they left government.
June 09, 2021 -
Accountability for diversity initiatives and general equity is literally due on the president’s desk. In this moment, David Rock of the NeuroLeadership Institute asks, how can agencies and partner-vendors assure diversity is done properly?
June 09, 2021 -
IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig is urging Congress to give the agency a level of funding that's on par with the Biden administration's budget request, in order to support long-term investments in its IT and workforce.
June 09, 2021 -
Can artificial intelligence help in the management of human intelligence or specifically human talent management? The RAND Corporation set out to answer this question in the case of Air Force promotions.
June 08, 2021 -
President Biden isn’t looking for a smaller government. He's seeking the biggest increase since the downsizing during the Clinton administration.
June 08, 2021 -
The State Department would add 500 new Foreign and Civil Service positions to its ranks, if it gets the outlined $58.5 billion budget.
June 07, 2021 -
Government, like the private sector, is likely to see a variety of practices that are dependent on agency mission, type of work, and agency culture
June 07, 2021 -
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