Hiring/Retention
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A new RAND study finds women and leaving the Coast Guard due to multiple factors and offers some ways to fix it.
April 05, 2019 -
Attracting enough cybersecurity and IT talent is a well-known problem across government, but technology always has ripple effects, and those are starting to affect hiring in other fields as well.
April 05, 2019 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey thought he had a scoop that the Social Security Administration was offering buyouts to long-time employees but he explains why that's a misunderstanding.
April 05, 2019 -
Eligible employees of SSA have until May 31 to decide if they will take an early retirement, according to an email Federal News Network obtained.
April 04, 2019 -
What if artificial intelligence could predict when agency employees feel like quitting before they’re out the door? The Naval Research Laboratory is looking at using AI tools to comb through data from exit surveys and flag common workplace issues.
April 04, 2019 -
The White House proposed a 31.2 percent cut from the EPA's 2020 budget, including reductions in research and development funding by 45.8 percent.
April 04, 2019 -
The Census Bureau has shifted its focus for 2020 to scaling up operations to count more than 300 million people living in the United States.
April 02, 2019 -
Did the recent shutdown do at least one constructive thing: Spotlight the lack of federal workers?
April 02, 2019 -
Commandant Karl Schultz stood before the House on Tuesday laying out the agency's many concerns and promises. Schultz said fiscal 2020 will focus mainly on readiness and addressing maritime challenges.
March 28, 2019 -
As Congress piles on new initiatives for the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement, the agency is struggling to keep up with the IT updates that those new or enhanced programs demand.
March 27, 2019 -
Lawmakers say a decrease in funding for Energy's 2020 budget could hurt "critical" energy and national security programs, as well as global competitiveness. Secretary Rick Perry defends cuts, claiming the agency is becoming more sustainable with its investments.
March 27, 2019 -
There’s a lot of evidence from the private sector that more engaged employees tend to drive better business results. But unsurprisingly, it appears to be true in federal agency settings as well.
March 27, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, staffing cuts at the IRS have limited its ability to conduct audits, according to the Government Accountability Office.
March 27, 2019 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would “ban the box” and prohibit federal agencies and contractors from asking a job applicant about their criminal history until after they’ve made a conditional employment offer.
March 27, 2019 -
The Interior Department's proposed 2020 budget would devote $28 million to reorganization DOI its offices into 12 regions based on watersheds, versus eight bureaus and 49 regions.
March 26, 2019