A June hiring executive order represents the biggest shift in the way agencies evaluate and assess applicants for federal employment since the Carter administration, an Office of Personnel Management official told Federal News Network.
Read more about OPM to host listening sessions with agencies, private sector on new federal hiring EO
Under a new executive order from President Donald Trump, agencies must revise and update job classification and qualification standards, and they'll be encouraged to prioritize skills-based assessments over a college degree when vetting and evaluating potential hires.
Read more about New Trump EO urges agencies to prioritize skills over college degrees in federal hiring
CMS' Office of Information Technology will hold an “upskilling summit” Wednesday to encourage employees to take courses in human-centered design, product management, cloud technology and cybersecurity.
Read more about CMS launches 'upskilling summit' for IT workforce to tackle modernization projects
In today's Federal Newscast, Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen says the volunteers will receive a wellness stipend to help cover costs associated with the evacuations, including health care.
Read more about Peace Corps volunteers sent home early due to pandemic will get financial aid from agency
It took agencies an average of 98 days to hire new talent, according to the most recent data available from 2018.
Read more about 98 days and counting, will federal hiring ever get easier?
The goal to train nearly 20% of all federal employees on cybersecurity, project management and data science skills is the Trump administration's most clear target yet in its ongoing efforts to modernize the existing workforce.
Read more about Trump's 2021 budget pledges training for 400,000 federal employees
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2021 budget request includes $125 million for the Technology Modernization Fund and the return of the priority for agencies to move to IPv6.
Read more about VA, HHS, SBA among biggest winners in $92B IT budget request for 2021
A new year brings many of the same priorities for the Trump administration and its workforce, but a new Performance.gov update notes plans to develop agility training for managers and double down on efforts to create federal career paths.
Read more about 2020 is the year for scaling up Trump administration workforce pilots
IRS now has a patent on a technology it won't use to solve a crucial problem.
Read more about IRS programming mystery continues
Matthew Cornelius left the Office of Management and Budget after almost three years to become the executive director of the Alliance for Digital Innovation (ADI), an industry association, while USDA, OPM and the FCC gain new senior executives.
Read more about OMB’s Cornelius to lead industry association
The U.S. Digital Service said it sees promise in a new hiring pilot designed to better find and screen candidates who are truly qualified for the job, with help from agency subject matter experts.
Read more about Agencies find higher quality candidates under new Digital Service, OPM hiring pilot
In today's Federal Newscast, the Commerce Department’s inspector general is running an audit of the bureau’s cybersecurity measures.
Read more about Commerce IG auditing Census Bureau’s cybersecurity ahead of 2020 count
You'll find larger numbers of young people working on federal contracts rather than at the awarding agencies.
Read more about Lots of under-35s work for the government, just not in it
OPM is working with the Federal CIO Council to create a job rotation program for federal employees who went through the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy.
Read more about OPM to launch job rotation program for cyber reskilling academy graduates
Bernie Kluger, a former deputy performance improvement officer at OPM, makes the case that if Americans begin to see government as the one employer best able to provide work with meaning, then they have a personal reason to be invested in its improvement.
Read more about Federal workforce reform: The conversation is just getting started
