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.
Employee Policy
Is the security clearance process keeping diverse candidates from fed jobs?
There are very human, and very distinct elements to making the cut as a national security worker.
Tech
After 7 Years, DHS's New Cyber Talent System Boasts Just One Hire
Officials at the Homeland Security Department say that change management efforts will help scale the Cybersecurity Talent Management System.
Workforce
Is the Security Clearance Process Keeping Diverse Candidates from Fed Jobs?
There are very human, and very distinct elements to making the cut as a national security worker.
Benefits
Firefighters union calls for higher pay amid staffing shortage
The labor organization sees opportunity for maximizing better compensation in the recent infrastructure law. A Senate committee also advanced legislation to ease qualifying for workers comp, for conditions associated with firefighting.
Pay & Benefits
Firefighters Union Calls for Higher Pay Amid Staffing Shortage
A Senate committee also advanced legislation this week that would make it easier for federal firefighters to qualify for workers compensation benefits in connection with chronic conditions associated with firefighting.
Employee Policy
Podcast: Can government win the race for talent?
William D. Eggers joins the GovExec daily podcast, and discusses a new Deloitte report on hiring.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Can Government Win the Race for Talent?
William D. Eggers joins the podcast to discuss a new Deloitte report on hiring.
Management
The Labor Department Wants to Staff Up Worker Protection Agencies
Some of the department's worker protection agencies, like the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, also have a role to play in rolling out the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told lawmakers.
Workforce
TSA Prepares for Busy Season Surge, but Officials Still Warn of Potential 'Train Wreck'
The agency will offer new hires up to $5,000 in bonuses and mandate overtime.
Tech
The Coast Guard Graduates its First Class of Cyber Majors
A "handful" of newly minted cyber specialists will go to the Coast Guard’s Cyber Command headquarters for their initial assignment, the service's chief told Congress last week.
Workforce
Census Hired Hundreds of Thousands to Conduct Its 2020 Count. It Didn’t Vet A Lot of Them.
Applicants with major issues in background checks were allowed to work at the agency, IG says.
Oversight
Senate Bill to Train Acquisition Workforce on AI gets House Counterpart
The AI Training Act, which passed the Senate last December now has a House companion from Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and James Comer (R-Ky.).
Workforce