Pathways Program

(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)

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.

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

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

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New House bill attempts to reinvigorate underperforming federal internship program

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(AP Photo/Matt RourkeFILE - 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

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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)

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

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

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

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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…

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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…

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Partnership for Public Service

Pathways program still drawing students, recent grads to federal service

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.

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