retention

Defense Department pursues multiple ways to retain service members

The Defense Department plans to encourage retention among service members, including with financial incentives and quality of life improvements.

Federal Report

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CMS cyber chief puts focus on ‘soft skills’ in the cybersecurity field

Cybersecurity

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Agencies have resources available to help close skills gaps, OPM says

Workforce

OPM removes two federal skills gaps from its high-risk list, but three positions remain

Workforce

FILE - The Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington, on June 5, 2015. The Department of Homeland Security says the U.S. faces a

One in four DHS employees are veterans. The department wants that number to grow.

Hiring/Retention

In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, photo a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Cybersecurity researchers say a coordinated cyberespionage campaign has targeted U.N. relief agencies, the International Red Cross and other non-governmental organizations groups for the past 10 months. The California cybersecurity outfit Lookout says the campaign, which uses phishing to harvest passwords from mobile phones and computers, is still active. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

DHS looking for industry ideas on finding and keeping cyber talent

Federal Newscast

Office of Personnel Management

Thousands of federal employees to be asked about benefits this coming fall

Federal Newscast

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Executive Briefing Series: Talent Acquisition and Retention

Analysis

CBP makes its first ‘fast-track’ hire under analytics-driven recruiting system

Faced with longstanding hiring and recruiting challenges, Customs and Border Protection made its first hire earlier this month using its data analytics-driven…

Hiring/Retention

Kilmer: It’s ‘well past due’ for Congress to modernize

A new select committee is tasked with finding ways to update how Congress conducts day-to-day business. It has one year to provide recommendations.

Congress

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks during a campaign stop, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

VA lawmaker speaks out against Trump reorg initiatives

Federal Drive

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share his feedback on the recent Trump administration’s initiatives to reorganize the government.