veterans preference

Commission describes dire need for federal recruitment and hiring changes, but will Congress act?

Out of 164 recommendations the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service made recently to Congress, federal recruitment, hiring and…

Workforce

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?

Federal Report

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Congressional commission calls for sweeping changes to military, public service programs

Management

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Agencies may have too many special hiring authorities, OPM admits

Hiring/Retention

OPM’s Pon pushing for major civil service changes, from retirement to veterans preference

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Agencies hired fewer new veterans to gov’t jobs in 2016, as federal hiring overall goes up

Hiring/Retention

FILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, soldiers salute the U.S. flag during the Pledge of Allegiance at a welcome home ceremony for soldiers returning from a deployment in Afghanistan, at Fort. Carson, Colo. For veterans, the GI Bill can be the ticket to a debt-free college education. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Veterans preference, not so much

Mike Causey

Pentagon rewrites layoff rules to favor performance over tenure

Workforce

Veterans made up 32 percent of all new government hires in 2015

Hiring/Retention

Jeff Neal: Navigating veterans prefence

Federal Drive

Thank you for your service, now please go away

Mike Causey

What’s wrong with veterans preference? It depends who you ask

Veterans and agency hiring managers have mixed thoughts on the success of the veterans preference program. But there is some consensus that current regulations…

Hiring/Retention

Veterans flock to federal jobs but don’t stay long

The share of jobs going to veterans has increased steadily each year since President Barack Obama issued an executive order in 2009 to focus efforts on…

Hiring/Retention

MSPB: Holding fair, open job competitions isn’t easy in government

Hiring/Retention

In a new report, the Merit Systems Protection Board says federal hiring managers are having trouble balancing rules meant to help veterans and other select groups benefit veterans and other select or other groups for hiring managers who are supposed to hold fair and open competitions for jobs.