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In today's Federal Newscast, one good government group has a new initiative trying to bridge the gap between agencies and federal job applicants.
The Office of Personnel Management will soon launch a pair of cyber workforce dashboards to try to help agencies better understand gaps in their cyber workforce, while also trying to attract more job candidates to open cyber positions.
The new goals for positions requiring a security clearance or a public trust determination would drastically cut down the time it takes to onboard individuals.
The Defense Department wants to expand its budget for mental health care, and the services are starting new programs to prevent harmful behavior.
Work-life balance is one area in particular where agencies are starting to see signs of stagnation among their employees.
House VA Committee Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) says the VA has yet to provide a clear picture of what a successful rollout of the Oracle-Cerner EHR looks like from here, given the system’s track record.
CISA hired hundreds last year, and it plans to hire even more this year, as the agency looks to keep up with a growing stack of cyber responsibilities.
The Homeland Security Department has launched several initiatives to improve employee engagement, including ‘jump teams,’ which try to solve problems at field offices.
As space fills its ranks with cyber and satellite specialists, it has to build out its training abilities.
With a historically small pool of potential recruits, DoD wants to help more potential service members qualify.
The largest federal employee union warns the Department of Veterans Affairs isn’t doing enough to recruit and retain the workforce it needs to keep up with the demand for VA health care and benefits.
Agencies have new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management to implement a federal rotational cyber workforce program, which will officially launch this November.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is on track to exceed its hiring goals for its health care workforce fiscal 2023, but is also speeding up the time it takes to fill vacant positions.
DoD has about 15,000 people completely dedicated to finding and recruiting future members of the military. For its civilian workforce, there are almost none.