reskilling

While agency IT officials recognize the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act and OPEN Government Data Act present opportunities to get more value out of their data, they also see challenges in preparing the workforce to manage all that data.

The Trump administration wants to bring more agencies to collaborate on the goals outlined in the President’s Management Agenda in 2019.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department’s Inspector General says the Air Force missed certain steps that could have prevented last year’s mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

The National Science Foundation is looking to build a “market” for technology aimed at lowering the barriers for federal employees today to get the jobs of the future.

New analysis from Deloitte is shedding light on automation’s potential for the federal workforce.

The MITRE Corporation has a summary of ideas and recommendations that attendees discussed at the Office of Management and Budget’s Symposium on the Federal Workforce for the 21st Century last month.

The Trump administration has been busy putting the pieces in place for hiring process improvements and reskilling initiatives.

The National Academy of Public Administration said that every day spent dwelling on the minor challenges with the existing federal personnel system is another day spent falling further behind.

The most recent update to Performance.gov shows the Trump administration spent the winter months drafting and presenting its ideas for civil service modernization.

The Homeland Security Department says there are limitations to the administration’s push to reskill current federal employees for new jobs. DHS says it supports continuing education, but it’s looking to public-private partnerships to ingest new talent into the agency.