Hiring/Retention

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA to remain ‘very discerning’ on health care hiring, calls on Congress to address $12B shortfall in December

The VA expects to grow its health care workforce to approximately 404,000 total employees next year, if Congress approves supplemental funding.

Hiring/Retention

House cyber workforce bill pushes two-year degrees for gov service

Cybersecurity

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Army’s new AI tool helps target qualified prospects

Army

Communication, training must drive agency AI adoption

Federal Insights

OPM asks agencies to review 2024 special salary rates

Federal Newscast

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Exclusive

Federal benefits are major draw to service for younger employees

Benefits

Spc. Luke Escamilla, a combat medic assigned to Headquarters Support Company, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Division Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, checks a patient’s blood pressure at the DiRaimondo Clinic May 1, 2024, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Combat medics serve in different positions, ranging from being in a line unit as a part of a combat force to working in a clinical setting under the supervision of a physician assistant. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Katie Freitas)

Army faces physician shortage amid recruitment and retention challenges

Army

VA plans to keep growing health care workforce, if Congress fixes $12B shortfall in FY 2025 budget

Hiring/Retention

Paper-flooded IRS campus once faced closure. Now it’s the model for its modernization plans

Federal Report

Upcoming 2025 PMF class to see more program flexibilities

Hiring/Retention

DCSA rolling out continuous vetting to a million more feds

Workforce

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. A House committee unveiled a disputed plan July 21, 2017, to allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that could threaten medical care for thousands of patients in the coming weeks.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

House Republicans lead $3B VA supplement to fix year-end budget shortfall

VA officials told Congress about the $15 billion total budget shortfall in July. Lawmakers say it’s the largest funding gap in the department’s history.

Budget

Forest service, Firefighter on a maintenance prescribed burn at Bitterroot National Forest

Wildland firefighters at the Forest Service work beyond their job duties. Their union says that’s a big problem

NFFE says skipped-over job duties that wildland firefighters perform for the Forest Service could mean they’re missing out on thousands of dollars a year.

Workforce

VA hiring fell ‘significantly short’ of goals to expand substance abuse treatment for vets

Veterans Affairs

The VA told Congress that less than 30% of the 520,000 veterans with substance use disorders in its care are getting treatment specific to their condition.