Hiring/Retention

DoD’s effort to broaden cyber workforce kicking into gear

Matthew Isnor, who leads cyber workforce development in DoD’s CIO’s office, said a new policy expands the number of job categories in the cyber workforce.

Defense News

(AP Photo/Mike Groll)

How the federal government can approach skills-based hiring

Commentary

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VA sees its special pay authorities driving up workforce retention

Hiring/Retention

NRC seeking to ‘build the bench’ with stronger HR skills

Workforce

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Foreign Service plans to rein in robust hiring efforts, following recent budget cuts

Hiring/Retention

TSA chief sees potential for AI to reduce burdens on security screeners

Artificial Intelligence

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Since recent pay raise, fewer feds leaving TSA

Federal Newscast

Pathways Program overhaul seeks to open doors to more candidates

Workforce

Lawmakers push skills-based hiring for federal contractors

Hiring/Retention

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VA reviewing 4,000 positions at risk of pay downgrade

Pay

Deputy Secretary Richard Verma participates in a recording session for Arizona State University’s diplomatic podcast, October 24, 2023.

State Dept workforce in ‘tough position’ with 13% staffing gap, says deputy secretary

Workforce

Some lawmakers offer more teeth to Biden’s Schedule F takedown

Concern remains that the final rule to block Schedule F will not prevent a future administration from resurrecting it

Federal Newscast

A quarter of federal employees feel burnout, causing high turnover and low morale, study finds

A recent Gallup study of more than 5,400 survey respondents finds 26% of federal employees say they “very often” or “always” feel burned out at work.

Workforce

New chief diversity and inclusion officer headed to State Dept

Federal Newscast

Zakiya Carr Johnson is a former White House official and former director of State’s Race, Ethnicity and Social Inclusion Unit.