Agriculture Department

The Agriculture Department promotes new ways to manage and use a very old resource

You would think everything wood can be used for has been thought of. But wood, considered a renewable resource, has a lot of life. The Agriculture Department…

Workforce

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FILE - In this Thursday, March 3, 2016, file photo, a job candidate's resume sits on a table as he interviews for a job during a recruiting event at the Georgia Department of Labor office in Atlanta. One state and at least two cities have passed laws that bar employers from asking applicants about their salary history. Several states have proposed similar legislation in 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

For a hybrid workforce, federal HR leaders look to improve hiring, retention

Workforce

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USCIS has entered the next phase of its IT modernization journey

Ask the CIO

Federal Executive Forum Customer Experience in Government

Federal Executive Forum

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With the right tools, there’s no compelling reason for everyone to get back into the office

Workforce

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USDA has recovered from attrition, but new research staff is less diverse, less experienced

Hiring/Retention

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Governmentwide chief diversity officer eyes long-term plans to advance DEIA

Workforce

NIH, National Institutes of Health building

NIH breaks up its technology executive roles

Reporter's Notebook

Calling all farmers: USDA wants to know how your last harvest went

People

How the Agriculture Department put the SNAP program on overdrive

Agency Oversight

CHCO Council looks to scale, replicate successful pilots for federal hiring reform

Workforce

It’s not just low pay causing retention issues for federal firefighters

Although low pay is the most common barrier to retaining federal wildland firefighters, the Government Accountability Office said other factors like poor-work…

Hiring/Retention

Biden picks 233 civil service leaders for the 2022 Presidential Rank Awards

President Joe Biden picked 233 federal employees across 33 agencies as winners of the 2022 Presidential Rank Awards.

Workforce

Federal payroll website for over 170 agencies gets a cybersecurity update

IT Modernization

The National Finance Center just implemented a multifactor authentication system for agencies to access employee payroll data, and more cybersecurity updates are still ahead.