Hiring freeze

FILE - This Aug. 10, 2006, file photo shows the sign used as the backdrop for press briefings at the U.S. Department of State in Washington. More of the first volunteers are starting to trickle back to their desks at federal agencies in the coronavirus lockdown. In the third month after Americans began sheltering in place and worksites began closing, the Energy Department says the first voluntary returns of a small number of headquarters workers began Monday. The State Department and Agriculture Department also have some workers returning to job places this month. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak. File)

IG links State Dept. staffing issues to delays in decade-long IT modernization project

The project, launched in 2011, is meant to consolidate the department’s visa and passport application services, visa adjudication and issuance services,…

IT Modernization

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USPS opts for reduction in force for non-union employees in agency restructuring’s final phase

Workforce

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With 12 days until Inauguration Day, OPM announces temporary SES hiring freeze

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USDA CIO cites workforce ‘restructuring’ as reason for hiring freeze, early retirement offers

Workforce

State Department report says 2017 hiring freeze hurt agency

Hiring/Retention

JOLIET, ILLINOIS / UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 1, 2015: One may apply for social security disability, retirement, and survivor benefits at the Social Security Administration Building in Joliet.

SSA announces hiring freeze at headquarters, regional components

Hiring/Retention

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo shake hands with former Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger at the Department's 230th anniversary celebration at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 29, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/Public Domain]

Pompeo rallies State Department workforce on ‘professional ethos’ as agency turns 230

Workforce

State Dept. recognizes spouses for overseas volunteer work

Workforce

Pompeo faces uphill battle staffing career, political ranks in State Department

Hiring/Retention

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks during a campaign stop, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

VA lawmaker speaks out against Trump reorg initiatives

Federal Drive

Pompeo: State Dept will have ‘every dollar we need to deliver,’ despite cuts in Trump plan

Budget

Whistleblower: White House, State Department officials sought removal of career employees not ‘supportive’ of Trump

Two House Democrats have come forward with whistleblower claims that administration officials sought to ouster career employees they believed weren’t loyal…

Workforce

2017 in review: Hiring freeze, government reorg, sexual harassment and more

A new president kept the federal workforce on its toes this year. Bureauchat hosts Meredith Somers and Nicole Ogrysko discuss the most important stories…

Even a government reorg may not break decades of federal workforce trends

Workforce

The age-old question is particularly relevant as agencies prepare to reorganize and cut personnel.