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Government needs more cybersecurity people. It also needs to strengthen the senior executive service and get around its slow recruitment and hiring process.
To compete, the government has an array of incentives to attract highly trained or specialized people. But are they used enough?
The Food and Drug Administration will begin a new hiring pilot this year in attempt to drastically cut down the time it takes to hire for mission critical positions.
As the Defense Department begins preparations in 2018 to process nearly 80 percent of all federal security clearances, the Government Accountability Office paints a messy picture of the governmentwide effort to improve quality and timeliness for background investigations.
How bad is the security clearance backlog and what can be done to improve it? Find out when Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access. December 29, 2017
The Senior Executives Association honored more than 70 people with Distinguished Rank Awards and more than 215 with Meritorious Rank Awards. The awards go to a small percentage of career SES every year, and the president typically approves and finalizes them. Meet the winners for both 2016 and 2017 of one of the highest honors in government.
Towanda Brooks, chief human capital officer for the Housing and Urban Development Department, says her agency got an early taste of workforce reshaping. The transition and retraining process hasn't always been easy, but Brooks said it's helping HUD employees become more engaged in their work. Her efforts helped her win a prestigious Presidential Rank Award.
DoD used planned system outage to prepare for transition to new TRICARE contractors, changes to health benefits
President Donald Trump's March executive order, a "Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch," launched a year of speculation about workforce reductions, budget cuts and possible changes to retirement benefits. The 2018 budget, released in May, only exacerbated the situation, as it seemed to confirm everyone's worst fears.
Isabel Cottrell, an associate at The Federal Practice Group, explains how the EEOC handles sexual harassment claims.
The Navy will no longer discharge sailors who fail its physical fitness assessment, and is cancelling early-out programs that let sailors leave the military voluntarily, steps officials say are required by a "growing Navy."
When looking for a few Christmas season columns, we turned to one old, as in long-time reader because she's funny, candid and not the least bit orthodox.
Christmas is one of those holidays when the maximum number of people get the day off. But since the 9-11 attacks and subsequent terrorist attacks, more federal and military personnel are on duty than ever before.
President Donald Trump signed off on an average pay increase for federal civilian workers of 1.4 percent and 2.1 percent for uniformed service members.