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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director, appears before a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

For newly empowered CHCO Council, the future of federal work is top of mind

The Chief Human Capital Officers Council has a new operational mandate, and it’s been discussing “future of work” policies and challenges on an almost…

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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director, appears before a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

OPM will reassume full control over CHCO Council, with efforts to elevate human capital group underway

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AP/Cliff Owenpaid family leave, talent pipeline

Lawmakers see paid family leave, more federal interns as viable ideas to improve talent pipeline

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Partnership for Public Service

Groups publish advice for D.C. leadership to keep feds outside of region engaged

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Federal hiring is a problem everyone acknowledges but never seems to change

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Partnership for Public Service launches program for finding federal cyber staff

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Important not to forget shutdown’s stinging side effects

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10-step checklist for agency leaders returning from shutdown

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Pathways program still drawing students, recent grads to federal service

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Post-midterms, need for civil service modernization remains

The election wasn’t really a referendum on federal employees but they had a lot at stake. Margot Conrad, director of Federal Workforce Programs at the…

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After 40 years, coalition seeks upgrades to Senior Executive Service

With age comes a need for an upgrade, so three major federal workforce groups are coming together to propose changes to the Senior Executive Service.

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Making your summer internship count after classes resume

In just a few weeks, interns throughout the federal government will be departing to return to school.

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