Pathways Program

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)

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

New guidance from the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget details how agencies can expand paid internship opportunities.

Workforce

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

Hiring/Retention

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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

Facilities/Construction

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Uncle Sam wants to get younger. Again.

Federal Report

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OPM has a new tiger team to help agencies wade through federal hiring demands

Hiring/Retention

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New House bill attempts to reinvigorate underperforming federal internship program

Workforce

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FILE - In this June 23, 2014, file photo, a recruiter, at left, takes the resume of an applicant during a job fair, in Philadelphia. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits the week before. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

OPM hiring policy gives agencies new tool to more easily recruit recent graduates

Hiring/Retention

With agencies preparing for the future of work, Ahuja says OPM is ready to help

Workforce

OPM, Connolly eyeing improvements to federal internship program

Hiring/Retention

Agencies get another tool for recruiting and hiring student interns, OPM says

Hiring/Retention

Biden’s diversity and inclusion EO highlights struggling federal internship program

Workforce

Biden proposes federal pay raise in 2022 budget

The Biden administration will recommend a 2.7% federal pay raise for civilian federal employees in 2022. The president’s budget request also outlines a…

Pay & Benefits

A man wearing a mask depicting American flags jogs past the U.S. Capitol Building, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Washington. The U.S. House of Representatives has canceled plans to return next week, a reversal after announcing it a day earlier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Will Congress tackle the federal workforce elephant(s) in the room?

A trio of congressionally-chartered commissions have a long list of ideas for the federal workforce, including changes to hiring, veterans preference and…

Federal Report

Pathways program still drawing students, recent grads to federal service

Federal Drive

Since 2010 the Presidential Management Fellows Program has brought thousands of students and recent graduates into federal service. Margot Conrad at the Partnership for Public Service had more details.