Hiring/Retention
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In today's Federal Newscast, early retirement and buyout offers the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation made to employees back in March are off the table.
August 25, 2020 -
There's no let up in the demand for scientists, engineers and management professionals to staff the nation's nuclear enterprise. NNSA and its contractors are looking to hire about 600 people.
August 24, 2020 -
Lt. Gen. David Thompson, the vice commander of the U.S. Space Force, said the service is creating a new training curriculum to make sure employees have a minimum set of digital skills.
August 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the union representing USCIS employees is disappointed Congress left town for August recess before passing emergency funding for the agency.
August 17, 2020 -
Defense and national security tech leaders are trying to balance implications of mass telework with pre-existing cyber priorities, and fend off an unending onslaught of bad actors trying to exploit the – in some cases – woefully unprepared remote federal workforce.
August 14, 2020 -
At one point or another, many federal workers have dreamed about what they would do if and when their agency offered them a buyout.
August 13, 2020 -
A June hiring executive order represents the biggest shift in the way agencies evaluate and assess applicants for federal employment since the Carter administration, an Office of Personnel Management official told Federal News Network.
August 11, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees are learning a little more about the paid parental leave program.
August 11, 2020 -
The Agriculture Department's Office of Chief Information Officer has implemented a hiring freeze and is offering early retirements to eligible IT specialists. The initiatives are part of a workforce "restructuring" effort to support USDA's ongoing IT modernization transformation, the department said.
August 10, 2020 -
This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch to give us an update on how the security clearance process is being affected by the federal restrictions put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic.
August 07, 2020 -
NASA's unity campaign launched last September, but it's taken on new meaning during the pandemic and recent nationwide protests. Under its unity initiative, NASA is reviewing its personnel management, recruitment, hiring and retention practices to ensure the agency's workforce is diverse and inclusive.
August 06, 2020 -
The acting OPM director shares insight on how a recent executive order will simplify and liberalize open federal hiring practices.
July 29, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, about 4,000 federal employees have filed workers' compensation claims with the Labor Department due to COVID-19.
July 28, 2020 -
The bipartisan House provision, advocated by Rep. Jim Langevin, would also work with federal departments to develop a U.S. national cyber strategy.
July 27, 2020 -
As Congress debates must-pass legislation for 2021, members are leaving many of the big-ticket federal workforce items on the table this year.
July 27, 2020