Hiring/Retention
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When it comes to hiring the talent they need, federal agencies are often working in the dark.
October 09, 2019 -
OPM is working with the Federal CIO Council to create a job rotation program for federal employees who went through the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy.
October 08, 2019 -
No federal executive wants his or her agency or bureau to languish at the bottom of those rankings of employee engagement.
October 08, 2019 -
Bernie Kluger, a former deputy performance improvement officer at OPM, makes the case that if Americans begin to see government as the one employer best able to provide work with meaning, then they have a personal reason to be invested in its improvement.
October 03, 2019 -
TRANSCOM says business is prepared for the daunting task of managing 20% of the moving market.
October 02, 2019 -
Active-duty military suicides are at a five year high, but there are some solutions DoD isn't considering.
October 01, 2019 -
The Air University graduated its largest class since 1967.
September 30, 2019 -
The Senate has confirmed Eugene Scalia, son for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to serve as the next Secretary of Labor.
September 27, 2019 -
As House lawmakers search for ways to help the federal government strengthen its talent pipeline, they find consensus on at least two ideas.
September 26, 2019 -
Stress is real, and it can be a killer. Federal workers are not immune to job-related stress, and many occupy jobs that cause high levels of stress. So several agencies have employee assistance programs.
September 26, 2019 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged it could more strategically target successful recruitment and retention incentives to occupations and medical facilities with the greatest workforce needs. But it also pushed Congress to grant the agency more flexibility in setting market pay for VA medical center directors.
September 23, 2019 -
With only a few more months left for some service members to transfer GI Bill benefits to dependents, a trio of Senators want to put a halt to the change.
September 23, 2019 -
The Defense Department is considering changing manpower policies to lure more reserve recruits and retain the ones it has.
September 23, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, says as cyber threats become more sophisticated, bringing back the cyber coordinator role is even more important.
September 19, 2019 -
The Air Force is building a new promotion system that it hopes will align its professed values with the officers it actually selects for elevation to senior leadership positions.
September 19, 2019