Robert Goldenkoff: How many hiring authorities is too many?

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Robert Goldenkoff: How many hiring authorities is too many?

Federal hiring managers use the same few authorities for nearly all the people they hire. Maybe they have too many choices. The Government Accountability Office...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

September 12, 2016 2:03 pm

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Robert Goldenkoff, director of Strategic Issues, GAO

Federal hiring managers use the same few authorities for nearly all the people they hire. Maybe they have too many choices. The Government Accountability Office identified no less than 105 authorities. Most of them are rarely used. Robert Goldenkoff, GAO's director of strategic issues, went into more detail on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.