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- Friday federal headlines - May 24, 2013
Myth vs. fact: Are feds likelier to die than be fired?
John Palguta of the Partnership for Public Service dispels the myth that feds have a better chance of dying than being fired from their workplace and gives data to support why recent reports are not entirely accurate.
Scott Thomas: Asking 'why' to bureacracy
Scott Thomas is a project manager for the GPS Directorate at the Space and Missile Center at the Los Angeles Air Force Base.
Steven Fyfe: Helping vets whose 'shoes I used to be in'
Since 2009, Steven Fyfe has been a transition patient advocate at the D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His job is to help seriously ill or injured vets when they return from active duty.
FPS ramps up reform efforts, again
Eric Patterson, director of the Federal Protective Service, said at a recent hearing that reworking the agency's current reform programs will help to improve past issues of training, communication and security.
Diversity hiring keeps agencies productive
The ACT-IAC working group's latest report shows that diversity in agencies is directly linked to success. Dr. Susan Krup Grunin is the Consulting Director for Strategic Human Capital Management at RGS and co-authored the report.
Analysis: Hiring times down, but still not fast enough
The time it takes to hire a new federal employee has dropped significantly in the past year. From roughly 180 days to just over 100.
Cyber threats mean more jobs in D.C. area
Hundreds of cyber-related jobs are currently open in the D.C. area.
Older vets get a break in federal hiring
In a proposed rule, OPM updates regulations so older veterans and non-citizens are now eligible for select federal positions.
OPM launches effort to improve feds' image
OPM Director John Berry believes a perception that poorly-performing federal employees are not held accountable is driving animosity toward government. He hopes to finish a strategy for better accountability by the end of 2011. Berry is a 2011 Causey Award winner.
OPM wins innovation award for training wiki
OPM developed the wiki in January 2011 as a way for federal employees to share training and development best practices to create an "ever-revolving resource," according to the wiki.
How to maximize your interns' experiences
Tim McManus is the vice president of education outreach at the Partnership for Public Service.
Agencies increase minorities in workforce
The federal government in 2010 added more than 31,000 employees from minority groups, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
SBA shares tips for hiring reform
President Barack Obama's order to streamline hiring requires agencies to complete the process in 80 days. Federal News Radio asked Kevin Mahoney, chief human capital officer at the Small Business Administration, to provide tips for success.
FedRecruit helps agencies recruit best and brightest
Tim McManus, the vice president for education and outreach at Partnership for Public Service, explains what agencies can get out of the FedRecruit program.
House bill to strengthen vet job training
A bill introduced this week in the House would improve training for veterans and change hiring practices to favor veterans.
Thousands of Air Force and federal jobs to go unfilled
For every two vacancies in the Air Force civilian ranks, only one person will be hired.
DISA employees staying on, despite BRAC
Seventy percent of the Defense Information System Agency's workers are making the move to Ft. Meade, Md. DISA, however, is keeping the pipeline of potential new hires stocked and taking steps to improve the hiring process. Vendors also have not seen a large exit of employees, but could later this fall.
Hiring time cut, but how to keep talented feds?
Starting a year ago, human resources officials began a complex overhaul bureaucratic policies that have bogged down federal agencies' hiring efforts to hire. But it will take more than that to keep top talent from slipping through the cracks. GovExec's Tom Shoop explains.
Success stories of procurement hiring
Appian CTO and co-founder Michael Beckley discusses success stories and how they happened.
Plans to hire disabled people part of overall hiring strategy
OPM has been looking over them for the last month, and Deputy OPM Director Christine Griffin offers a peek at what's in them.
