Hiring/Retention
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Three years after Congress gave DoD permission to set up a separate personnel system to attract cyber talent, officials say they're on the verge of an "exponential" increase in usage of the Cyber Excepted Service.
February 27, 2019 -
Owning marijuana stocks is still considered drug involvement for those with security clearances.
February 26, 2019 -
The Air Force will send nondeployable airmen to administrative separation or to disability evaluation. However, there are many exemptions to the policy.
February 26, 2019 -
Roughly 39 percent of federal employees said they were "unprepared" or "very unprepared" for the recent government shutdown, according to a survey from Clever Real Estate.
February 22, 2019 -
The National Science Foundation is looking for concrete, technological ideas through the Career Compass Challenge that it could pilot broad reskilling effort across the federal workforce. But NSF also sees the challenge as a potential spark for culture change.
February 21, 2019 -
Employer branding is one of the chief battlefields in the fight for talent. The government is not well-positioned for that fight.
February 21, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a federal retiree who says the state of West Virginia unfairly taxed his annuity income.
February 21, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Government Ethics laid out what kind of aid furloughed employees are allowed to receive during a government shutdown.
February 20, 2019 -
The Army tasked its science board with looking into how the service can change talent management for future conflicts.
February 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Agriculture Department's Inspector General found the U.S. Forest Service is not quickly acting on sexual assault and harassment allegations.
February 19, 2019 -
Kevin Cooley, director of the office of planning and programming for service delivery at the National Weather Service, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the details.
February 18, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is asking the Defense Department which military projects will lose funding due to Donald Trump diverting $3.5 billion from military construction accounts to build a wall on the southern border.
February 18, 2019 -
A new select committee is tasked with finding ways to update how Congress conducts day-to-day business. It has one year to provide recommendations.
February 15, 2019 -
GAO's Director of defense capabilities and management issues, John Pendleton, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the highlights.
February 15, 2019 -
Labor groups representing Federal Aviation Administration employees warned House lawmakers another partial government shutdown would further harm the agency's ability to recruit and retain highly skilled staff.
February 14, 2019