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Hiring/Retention

With recent federal hiring changes, agencies see options to reduce burdens on HR staff

The traditional federal hiring system often places unneeded burdens on HR staff. Here’s how OMB and OPM are trying to shake up the way agencies are recruiting.

Workforce

3 key federal workforce concerns for the CHCO Council this fall

Hiring/Retention

OPM redefines the skills that 40K federal HR employees need

Workforce

Federal HR leaders rethinking employee engagement by embracing feedback

Budget

OPM prioritizing pooled hiring, HR workforce in 2025 budget

Army

Army human resources still working through some kinks

Shared Services

Now is the time to weigh in on the future of federal HR services

Marlon Pacheco, Valentina Alonso

Federal Newscast

MSPB says federal hiring officials should focus more on skills rather than education

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Workforce

How OPM is trying to help agencies close skills gaps in the federal workforce

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Workforce

OPM removes two federal skills gaps from its high-risk list, but three positions remain

FILE - An exterior sign is photographed outside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building in Washington on May 4, 2021. President Joe Biden is nominating six lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices across the country, a diverse group of candidates in the latest picks for the top law enforcement positions. The nominees, being announced by the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, would run the federal prosecutors’ offices in Connecticut, Utah, Montana, Alaska, New Mexico and New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Hiring/Retention

A conversation with Catherine Emerson, the Justice Department's deputy assistant attorney general and chief human capital officer

This Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., is seen on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced at a news conference Tuesday, that Reta Mays, 46, of Harrison County, W.Va., a former nursing assistant at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., pled guilty to murder and assault in the deaths of eighth veterans under her care in federal court in Clarksburg, W.Va., Tuesday, July 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Veterans Affairs

After favorable Best Places to Work results, VA pushes further workforce improvements

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Budget

For feds, White House 2023 budget request is more than just the 4.6% pay raise

Hiring/Retention

Justice Department rife with disorganized human resources guidance, IG finds

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)

Workforce

Employees give federal HR services low marks

FILE - In this Thursday, March 3, 2016, file photo, a job candidate's resume sits on a table as he interviews for a job with a restaurant during a recruiting event at the Georgia Department of Labor office, in Atlanta. The Labor Department reports Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, on the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits a week earlier. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Commentary

Involuntary discrimination in the workplace is a problem -- let's fix it

Workforce

Federal HR hasn't truly recovered from mid-1990s downsizing era, MSPB finds

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Commentary

Artificial intelligence is more than a tool, it may be your replacement

Margaret Weichert, OPM

Federal Newscast

OPM answers some post-shutdown HR questions

Hiring/Retention

Agencies may have too many special hiring authorities, OPM admits

Jeff Neal

Commentary

For real HR transformation, begin with the customer

Peter Shelby

Veterans Affairs

Another top executive leaves VA, where leadership vacancies are already widespread

FILE - In this April 28, 2014 file photo, the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. The Veterans Affairs Department unveiled a new website Wednesday, April 12, 2107, aimed at providing information on the quality of care at VA medical centers, touting new accountability even as it grappled with fresh questions of patient safety in its beleaguered health system. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Hiring/Retention

Why direct-hire authority isn't enough to resolve VA's staffing shortages

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