Defense
Job tenure taken out of the equation in NSPS transition
Pentagon secures a waiver from time-in-grade rules for certain employees moving back to the General Schedule.
Pay & Benefits
Merits of internship programs under debate
Programs should include evaluation of participants’ fitness for full-time work, association says.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies urged to hire more grad students noncompetitively
The standard process hurts candidates with good academic credentials but little work experience, association of schools argues.
Pay & Benefits
Routine Flexibility
The prospect of eliminating the traditional office altogether could make telework customary.
Pay & Benefits
Program to let employees work where and when they want takes shape
Personnel agency is evaluating existing rules and policies as it undertakes a trial run in Washington and Pennsylvania.
Oversight
OPM launches tool to cut red tape in hiring
Shared databases would shorten hiring process for certain jobs and eliminate duplicative applications.
Oversight
Council OKs agencies’ labor-management plans
National panel approves more than half of 45 proposals submitted on improving relations between unions, agency leaders.
Oversight
Report calls compromise cornerstone to hiring reform
Government and industry leaders warn against viewing IT and regulatory change as panacea to recruiting challenges.
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