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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…

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Administrative changes are the first step in civil service modernization

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(AP Photo/Mike Groll)

FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table during a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. If you’re miserable at work, set a deadline for resigning, and take that time to double down on your job search, supercharge your savings and replace the benefits you’ll give up when you quit. Build financial reserves now, and you’ll be better prepared to leave this chapter behind. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Agencies relying more often on direct hire authorities to compete for talent, MSPB says

Hiring/Retention

VA sees slight drop in facilities with staffing shortages

Federal Newscast

U.S. Navy

Fast-track hiring authorities taking hold in DoD’s maintenance depots

Defense

Enough with all the hiring authorities already, CHCOs tell Congress

Hiring/Retention

USDS applying its own lessons learned to fix federal hiring, acquisition

Ask the CIO

Pair of bills would ensure federal workers don’t lose insurance during future shutdowns

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Jan.23 2018 file photo, a French solider watches code lines on his computer at the French Defense ministry stand during the International Cybersecurity forum in Lille, northern France. Police in Europe and North America have seized servers and data from Islamic State propaganda outlets in a multi-country operation aimed at tracking down radicals and crimping the group's ability to spread its violent message. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

New OPM guidance recognizes cybersecurity positions come in different shapes and sizes

Hiring/Retention

Agencies no longer have to wait on OPM for certain direct-hire authorities

Hiring/Retention

OPM wants to let agency leaders administer direct hire authorities

Federal Newscast

OPM announces first batch of civil service changes, ‘more to come’

The Office of Personnel Management said it will soon sign off two separate direct-hire authorities and will begin initial steps to develop a special occupational…

NDAA dashes chance of $40K buyouts for civilian employees

The prospect of a higher cap on Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIPs), again, failed to make it through in the annual defense authorization bill.

Workforce

To replace aging maintenance workforce, Army seeks extension of direct hiring authority

Army

Special hiring authorities for personnel working in government-owned depots are set to expire in September.

direct hire authority

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

Administrative changes are the first step in civil service modernization

Agencies relying more often on direct hire authorities to compete for talent, MSPB says

VA sees slight drop in facilities with staffing shortages

Fast-track hiring authorities taking hold in DoD’s maintenance depots

Enough with all the hiring authorities already, CHCOs tell Congress

USDS applying its own lessons learned to fix federal hiring, acquisition

Pair of bills would ensure federal workers don’t lose insurance during future shutdowns

New OPM guidance recognizes cybersecurity positions come in different shapes and sizes

Agencies no longer have to wait on OPM for certain direct-hire authorities

OPM wants to let agency leaders administer direct hire authorities

OPM announces first batch of civil service changes, ‘more to come’

NDAA dashes chance of $40K buyouts for civilian employees

To replace aging maintenance workforce, Army seeks extension of direct hiring authority

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