Hiring/Retention
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The Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Homeland Security's new technology hires have federal backgrounds, for a change.
April 22, 2019 -
Always be recruiting. That’s the advice Melinda Rogers, deputy chief information officer at the Justice Department, has for anyone trying to maintain a cybersecurity staff.
April 19, 2019 -
The new science and technology strategy dictates how the Air Force will invest in research through 2030.
April 18, 2019 -
Carol Perez, director general of the Foreign Service and director of human resources at the State Department, said more than 50 percent of the agency's Foreign Service and Civil Service have less than 10 years of experience with the agency.
April 17, 2019 -
Gigi Schumm welcomes Susan McHugh-Polley, a 31-year veteran of the federal workforce, on this week's episode of Women of Washington. Polley says change is truly sparked when you allow yourself to embrace failure and the unknown.
April 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, all signs point to federal employees' paychecks looking a little larger by early next week.
April 17, 2019 -
After so many departures, former CHCO for the Department of Homeland Security Jeff Neal says employees deserve stable leadership for success.
April 17, 2019 -
The CIO Council came up with funding to add five more students to the new effort to retrain non IT workers with cybersecurity skills.
April 16, 2019 -
The morning after the traditional tax day means different things to different adult Americans. For many IRS workers it means doing even more with less.
April 16, 2019 -
The Air Force is far from making up its pilot shortage. A new study shows it will be a long and expensive road ahead to make up the difference.
April 15, 2019 -
Despite a proposed nearly $700 million budget decrease and several consolidations, the Justice Department wants more FTEs in fiscal 2020.
April 12, 2019 -
The Government Accountability Office achieved its optimal workforce capacity this year, but it's still having trouble keeping up with lawmaker requests around new technologies and cybersecurity.
April 12, 2019 -
Eddie Hartwig, the deputy administrator of the U.S. Digital Service (USDS), said the goal is to train 250 contracting officers under the Digital IT Acquisition Professional Program (DITAP).
April 11, 2019 -
Earlier this month we asked readers if their government agency was better or worse than when they started. And one longtime IRS worker said the latter.
April 11, 2019 -
House lawmakers are skeptical 2020 budget requests will be enough to tackle attrition, morale and recruitment challenges for TSA or the U.S. Coast Guard.
April 10, 2019