Pathways Program

Early-career federal job openings seeing ‘renewed and increased’ interest, OPM’s Shriver says

Larger impacts of OPM’s hiring changes are likely further down the road, but early signs are pointing in the right direction for early-career recruitment.

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The Department of Health and Human Services building

HHS thinking creatively to implement new Pathways flexibilities

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Feds heighten calls to service during Public Service Recognition Week

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Still ‘long way to go’ after 13% bump in federal early-career employees

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Pathways Program overhaul seeks to open doors to more candidates

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OPM prioritizing pooled hiring, HR workforce in 2025 budget

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Telework changes, hiring reforms of 2023 charting a course into the new year

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Agencies would see broader applicant pools, more flexibility in Pathways Program under OPM proposal

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OPM making plans to broaden the applicant pool for paid federal internships

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, and NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann, speak to federal interns at experience program launch event. Photo by Drew Friedman, Federal News Network.

NASA helps launch a new program, and it’s not going to space

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Agencies get clearer direction from OPM, OMB to expand early-career pipeline

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OPM says federal employees ‘agency-hopping’ to telework-friendly offices

The Biden administration sees a bright future for telework in the federal workforce, after many agencies sent employees home in the darkest days of the…

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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo the General Services Administration building is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. An agency little known outside Washington, the General Services Administration, has held off on recognizing President-elect Joe Biden as the president-elect, denying him access to the money, offices and machinery routinely afforded to the incoming team. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

GSA wants to cast wider net for federal building architects

Some of the world’s top architects have designed federal buildings and now, GSA has inked a memorandum of understanding with the National Organization…

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Uncle Sam wants to get younger. Again.

Federal Report

Less than 7% of the federal workforce is under the age of 30, but data shows the government has long struggled to attract young talent. Will this time be any different?