Employee Policy

Budding spies might not get weeded out for past drug use

Activists say this would be a practical step to help ensure all the best candidates are getting considered for intelligence jobs. 

Employee Policy

Coming: More regs and bills to modernize the federal workforce

Reforms will ease the process of everything from attracting new talent to processing retirement claims, says OPM Director Kiran Ahuja.

Management

Budding Spies Might Not Get Weeded Out for Past Drug Use

Activists say this would be a practical step to help ensure all the best candidates are getting considered for intelligence jobs. 

Workforce

Coming Soon: More Regs and Bills to Help Modernize the Federal Workforce

Reforms will ease the process of everything from attracting new talent to processing retirement claims, says OPM Director Kiran Ahuja.

Employee Policy

Fixing culture clashes in the office

Dr. Lee Frederiksen joins our partner GovExec's podcast to discuss a new report about workplace culture.

Employee Policy

The value shift in the American workplace

Author Dr. Jessica Grossmeier joins our GovExec partner podcast, and discusses how people in our country are reevaluating their relationships with their jobs.

Management

GovExec Daily: Fixing Culture Clashes in the Office

Dr. Lee Frederiksen joins the podcast to discuss a new report about workplace culture.

Defense

Lack of Space National Guard Could Hurt Training, Recruiting

National Guard directors are worried about losing key talent for space capabilities without the creation of a specified guard and reserve component.

Pay

Congress nears $7B investment in VA workforce, new facilities

Pay raises, student loan repayment and new recruiting tools are part of the sweeping package as lawmakers prepare VA for a surge of new patients.

Workforce

Digital Corps Launches with 41 Fellows Across 13 Agencies

The program, run out of the General Services Administration, is meant to help government woo early-career tech talent.

Workforce

Congress Closes in on a Nearly $7B Investment in the VA Workforce and New Facilities

Pay raises, student loan repayment and new recruiting tools are part of the sweeping package as lawmakers prepare VA for a surge of new patients.

Management

GovExec Daily: A Conversation With Public Health AmeriCorps' New Director

Courtney Bublé interviews AJ Pearlman about her new role and the partnership between CDC and Americorps.

Employee Policy

Successor to congressional cyber commission wants WH to lead on related workforce strategy

One recommendation: establish cyber excepted service authorities, like the DHS's newly launched cyber hiring initiative, government-wide.

Employee Policy

Most of the COVID-19 workforce were women of color. What Happens now as those jobs end?

Women of color took on the majority of new jobs created during the pandemic to do contact tracing, and to test and vaccinate Americans, experts said. But as sites ramp down, the future of that workforce is now uncertain.

Employee Policy

WH internships will soon be paid

The move comes as part of an administration-wide push to improve the recruitment of young federal workers.

Pay & Benefits

White House Internships Will Soon Be Paid

The move comes as part of an administration-wide push to improve the recruitment of young federal workers.

Management

Throwing Money at Infrastructure Projects Is Not Enough

It’s time to invest in the workforce we need to implement the bipartisan infrastructure law.

Management

The Biden Administration Begins Shifting Asylum Determinations to Federal Officers

The policy is aimed at speeding up the process and taking some work away from the severely backlogged immigration courts.