Hiring/Retention
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The Republican Study Committee has joined a growing number of congressional members calling for hiring and pay changes designed to help the federal workforce better respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
April 28, 2020 -
U.S. Forces Korea has banned several non-uniformed personnel from its bases for the next two years for violating the command's health protection orders.
April 27, 2020 -
The new service wants to take on 1,800 in the next 60 days.
April 24, 2020 -
Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein has told his service to prepare for a "new abnormal." He wants the service to be able to conduct its missions even with the possibility that 20 percent of the force will be infected with coronavirus until a vaccine is found.
April 23, 2020 -
It’s been several years since budget challenges caused federal agencies to offer widespread buyouts and early-outs to their workforces, but the Defense Contract Management Agency is finding itself in that position now.
April 20, 2020 -
Diversity is only half of the agency's upcoming workforce strategy. Mirembe Nantongo, one of the State Department's deputy assistant secretaries in the Bureau of Global Talent Management, said the other half focuses on inclusion.
April 15, 2020 -
Although it's too early speculate about numbers, some experts in health insurance have projected that premiums overall for all Americans could rise by 40% percent if not more.
April 14, 2020 -
Agencies are offering short-term details and temporary assignments to current federal employees who are interesting in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
April 13, 2020 -
As Congress discusses priorities for its fourth coronavirus rescue package, Senate Democrats are pushing for pandemic payments to all essential frontline workers, including federal employees.
April 09, 2020 -
Agencies such as the Department of Veterans Affairs are calling on federal retirees to return to government and help with their coronavirus responses as reemployed annuitants. Thinking of joining them? Here's what you need to know.
April 08, 2020 -
Sarkis Tatigian joined the Navy in 1942. He’s been there ever since, until his death this week at the age of 96. Read about him and other Defense news in this week's DoD Reporter's Notebook.
April 08, 2020 -
The Office of Personnel Management has given the Department of Veterans Affairs authority to rehire retired federal medical professionals.
April 08, 2020 -
The Office of Personnel Management's latest report of retirement claims may not be a reliable picture of the coronavirus' impact on the federal workforce size to date but compared to 2019 the numbers are significantly down.
April 07, 2020 -
A summary of agencies' chief human capital challenges from the Office of Personnel Management points to the General Schedule as the "single greatest obstacle" to competing with the private sector for critical talent. It's second report in as many weeks from the federal community that describes major challenges with decades-old civil service systems.
April 06, 2020 -
Nearly every public and private element in the United States is somehow involved in pushing back the pandemic. Some career federal civil servants can be seen on TV but thousands more are working behind the scenes.
April 06, 2020