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The success of the next president's management agenda will largely depend on having the right senior executives to serve as champions for the administration's goals, as well as the right performance plans to hold them accountable and drive noticeable outcomes. That's the message the Performance Institute, along with a coalition of other federal management organizations, will send to both candidates.
What might a Trump administration look like for federal managers? What would another Clinton in the Executive Office mean? Regardless of who wins the presidential election, by Nov. 9 the government workforce needs to be ready to go in any direction.
Experts say until the government moves to a continuous evaluation program of employees and contractors with clearances, threats from employees will continue to grow.
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
Two big changes are coming to the Combined Federal Campaign, the federal workforce's annual giving campaign, next year. One change lets federal employees volunteer with certain charities and have that time count toward the campaign. The second lets federal retirees submit donations.
The constant danger and the endless procedures to ensure cybersecurity combine to produce a new psychological phenomenon — security fatigue. That's according to a group of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Computer scientist Mary Theofanos joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
Federal hiring doesn't have to be onerous and slow. In fact, federal managers have more than 100 hiring authorities to help them get the right talent fast. If staying competitive in hiring and making a more diverse workforce are among your goals, you need to get more familiar with hiring authorities.
Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott shared a few more clues about the guidance and metrics of the administration's plan to modernize the government's aging IT infrastructure.
Hispanics represented 8.5 percent of the permanent federal workforce in 2015, a 0.1 percent bump over fiscal 2014's numbers. Though 2015 marks the sixth consecutive year where the Hispanic federal population has increased, leaders within the Office of Personnel Management are noticeably disappointed that the progress is happening slowly.
The Air Force is thinking about its hiring practices and its physical requirements to better its force for the future.
The inevitable has come to pass: a federal contracting association has legally challenged the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces final rule.
The Air Force is looking at how it assesses its officers to fit its needs with 21st century demands.
A carrot-and-stick approach works only when we reward the people who are making things happen.
The website will launch in a few weeks and it will be a place where agencies can find cybersecurity best practices. The site is part of a multi-pronged approach to closing gaps in federal cybersecurity. Educating and training the government cyber workforce is another priority of the new federal chief information security officer.