First Shot in the Hiring Wars

Okay, that's a little dramatic headline-wise. But Sens. Daniel Akaka and George Voinovich, who have long been concerned about the glacial pace of the federal hiring process, have introduced a reform bill to change it. I'll have a fuller story on this tomorrow, but this puts a lot of pressure on the Office of Personnel Management and the agencies to come up with serious reform efforts of their own, or be forced to accept a new set of mandates.