Cyber Excepted Service

OPM cyber hiring proposal to ‘level playing field’ across agencies

Now that several agencies have special hiring authorities, a forthcoming proposal aims to bring ‘equity’ to the cyber recruiting landscape.

Hiring/Retention

As cyber workforce gap grows, what can agencies do to address it?

Federal Report

DoD’s new cyber strategy prioritizes expansion of workforce

Cybersecurity

Pentagon approves higher cyber pay for NSA, other defense intelligence agencies

Pay

Under new plan, DOD aims to cut its cyber workforce vacancy rate in half by 2025

Defense

Agencies to ‘remove barriers’ to cyber hiring under new workforce strategy

Workforce

DoD looks to expand Cyber Excepted Service, won’t implement new SSR for IT workforce

Federal Report

DoD has a new plan to apply enterprise-wide talent management to its cyber workforce

Defense News

Congress greenlights expansion of Defense Department’s cyber workforce

Defense

White House developing cyber workforce strategy to be more ‘action oriented’

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

It’s not just the private sector — agencies are competing with each other for cyber talent

Hiring/Retention

One potential job for the national cyber director? Fix the cyber workforce problem

An influential commission says one of Chris Inglis’s first big tasks could be taking on the shortage of cyber talent.

Hiring/Retention

Pentagon now using direct-hire authorities for a third of its cyber workforce

Congress has given DoD several tools to recruit and hire employees with cyber expertise. Recent statistics appear to show the Pentagon is beginning to…

Defense News

Cyber Excepted Service: Bolstering DoD’s cyber workforce

Commentary

Leslie Weinstein, an Army Reserve officer and DoD policy consultant, explains why cyber excepted service can help the DoD attract and retain the best employees.