Hiring/Retention
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The Department of Veterans Affairs’ IT shop is preparing for budget cuts across some of biggest priorities next year — but not for its growing workforce.
May 15, 2024 -
The VA would receive additional pay flexibilities for its health care workforce, if a sweeping legislative makes it through Congress.
May 14, 2024 -
The NICE framework, which defines cyber workforce roles, just added new competencies and updated skills. But for cyber leaders at NIST, that’s only the start.
May 14, 2024 -
While trying to manage sluggish staffing numbers, NLRB has simultaneously experienced a sharp 35% increase in its workload over the last six months.
May 13, 2024 -
The Postal Service managed to cut hiring times thanks to some reforms back in 2019. But for thousands of job postings, it gets no applicants.
May 10, 2024 -
Despite progress, there is still one overlooked opportunity for workforce modernization: position classification.
May 09, 2024 -
A new agreement between the Defense and State Departments aims to help military spouses living with service members overseas to get the ok to work remotely.
May 09, 2024 -
Leaders at OPM and OMB use Public Service Recognition Week as an opportunity to highlight the many job opportunities available across the federal workforce.
May 08, 2024 -
Democrats on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee are asking 24 agencies how many employees are holding jobs while teleworking overseas.
May 07, 2024 -
At 100 years old, the Foreign Service as we know it is highlighting the steps it’s taking to recruit, hire and train the next generation of diplomats.
May 06, 2024 -
Agencies have made progress ushering in more early-career employees in the federal workforce, but goals from the Biden administration aim to things up a notch.
May 06, 2024 -
Tony Boese, the research programs manager and associate researcher in VA’s NAII, said the new workforce education platform reduces the need for retraining.
May 06, 2024 -
One advocate of skills-based hiring says employers need to stop looking for 'unicorns' and invest more in hands-on training to fill cyber skills gaps.
May 03, 2024 -
New competency models for human resources (HR) positions rethink the job skills necessary for more than 40,000 HR employees across government.
May 02, 2024 -
The IRS having met the Biden administration’s return-to office goals, is extending its remote work pilot program.
May 02, 2024