Hiring/Retention
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The IRS will use Inflation Reduction Act funds to increase customer service and enforcement personnel and grow its workforce through 2029.
May 02, 2024 -
The Biden administration and Congress are both taking steps to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. But little changes for federal employees.
May 01, 2024 -
After reaching about 80% compliance, OMB’s Jason Miller tells lawmakers he expects agencies to completely follow through with 50% in-office presence for feds.
April 30, 2024 -
Sixty seconds of video from the U.S.-Mexico border will show you that Customs and Border Protection patrol officers have high stress jobs.
April 30, 2024 -
For DOJ employees, a recent return-to-office survey shows a clear difference in employee retention between those who can telework, and those who can’t.
April 29, 2024 -
President Joe Biden is calling for an AI talent surge across the federal government. By the numbers, prospective hires are showing interest in these jobs.
April 29, 2024 -
The Biden administration sees skills-based hiring, as opposed to relying on college degrees, as the key to making up the cyber talent deficit.
April 29, 2024 -
Matthew Isnor, who leads cyber workforce development in DoD’s CIO’s office, said a new policy expands the number of job categories in the cyber workforce.
April 26, 2024 -
The U.S. government which accounted for 2.95 million workers, as of last September is the entity most likely to benefit from skills-based hiring.
April 26, 2024 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeing signs that some of its newer special pay authorities are leading to improvements in workforce retention.
April 25, 2024 -
On top of trying to recruit and retain HR staffing specialists, NRC also focuses on developing skills for long-term workforce planning.
April 25, 2024 -
The Foreign Service will have fewer resources to continue its robust hiring efforts — but plans to keep hiring above its rate of attrition.
April 24, 2024 -
TSA Administrator David Pekoske also says the agency wants to hire more security screeners so the workforce can have more flexibilities.
April 17, 2024 -
The Transportation Security Administration has seen a 9% drop in attrition since the historic pay raises last year.
April 17, 2024 -
New updates to the Pathways Program aim to foster early-career federal talent, open the doors to more applicants and alleviate some challenges with the program.
April 11, 2024