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

The new strategy identifies four pillars for improvement between now and 2027, but full details won’t be released until the publication of a forthcoming…

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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

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

Hiring/Retention

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

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Cyber Excepted Service: Bolstering DoD’s cyber workforce

Commentary

Tired of talking about the cyber workforce challenge? Here’s 3 agencies finding a solution

Reporter's Notebook

A workers sits a computer at the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. The center serves as the hub for the federal government's cyber situational awareness, incident response, and management center for any malicious cyber activity. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

It may be time for the government to hire cyber folks without formal degrees

Federal Newscast

The Marine Corps Systems Command’s Cyber Advisory Team completed its first emergency cyber acquisition as part of a new process designed to more quickly respond to the cyber warfighting needs of the force. The CAT quickly analyzes, distinguished, prioritizes and tracks cyber acquisition processes in order to provide more responsive and effective support to Marine Corps cyber forces. (U.S. Marine Corps illustration by Jennifer Sevier)

Marine Corps ‘in with both feet’ for DoD’s new cyber pay and personnel system

Defense News

GSA awards new contract to help federal awards process run smoother

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, National Security Agency director and head of U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Paul Nakasone testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Nakasone says the military learned a lot as it worked with other government agencies to thwart Russian interference in the 2018 midterm elections. He says the focus has turned to the next election cycle. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

New DoD personnel system hires cyber workers faster, but numbers still small

U.S. Cyber Command said the new Cyber Excepted Service has cut its time-to-hire by 60 percent. But so far, DoD has only used the new personnel system for…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Despite sluggish rollout, DoD vows to expand new hiring system for cyber personnel

Three years after Congress gave DoD permission to set up a separate personnel system to attract cyber talent, officials say they’re on the verge of an…

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Amid growing need for civilian cyber experts, DISA still isn’t using hiring authorities to the fullest extent

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DISA still isn’t using the cyber excepted service to help hire new talent.