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OPM offers hiring reform workshops
OPM and the Partnership for Public Service are offering a series of hiring workshops. Agencies still have work to do to implement the President's hiring reform mandate.
What makes a great cyber expert
SANS Institute's Alan Paller explains the findings of a report on cyber expert hiring.
Study: National security needs overhaul
The Project on National Security Reform studied the human capital program for national security personnel - and found that it doesn't exist. The report's primary finding was that national security teams function in silos within each agency rather than collaborating across all agencies and levels of government.
Agency Tip 4: Make new hires feel welcome
Part of "The Need for the Next Generation" special report, NASA's Toni Dawsey explains how the space agency revamped its onboarding program for new hires.
Report: Keeping Talent key to future success
Agencies spend significant time and resources recruiting and training top talent but a new study warns that many are ignoring the other crucial side of the equation - keeping those employees. Booz Allen's Ron Sanders explains.
Study: Agencies should work harder to keep employees
A new report warns that agencies need to focus on employee retention as Congress threatens pay and hiring freezes. Agency leaders and line managers must work together to maintain their workforces.
NSA app to help recruit cyber experts
GovInfoSecurity reports on a new application for smartphones designed to recruit cybersecurity professionals.
IT jobs hit 2-year high
GovInfoSecurity reports that IT jobs hit 4 million in the past four quarters.
Unions push back against deficit commission
Federal employee and management groups sent a letter to President Obama urging him to reject proposals to cut workforce benefits made by the Deficit Commission. The letter comes on the heels of a new bill to codify many of the commission's recommendations.
Estonia solves cyber staffing problem with volunteers
NPR and TechAmerica report on the volunteer organization for cyber defense in Estonia.
New federal internship programs explained
The Partnership for Public Service's Tim McManus explains how the new guidance from OPM will affect agency hiring.
OPM lays new path for intern, hiring programs
The Office of Personnel Management issued guidance on the new internship and hiring programs. Last month President Obama had issued an executive order to scrap the controversial Federal Career Intern Program.
NIST to speed up hiring for critical positions
Changes to the The National Institute of Standards and Technology's hiring protocol will update its 13-year-old Alternative Personnel Management System. The new rules will let NIST have direct-hire authority to expedite hiring for critical functions.
Three-track system to replace Federal Career Internship Program
President Obama has signed an executive order that replaces the controversial Federal Career Intern Program with three consolidated 'pathways.' Administration officials say the old hiring system put agencies at a competitive disadvantage with private sector employers.
OPM creates cybersecurity career path
OPM's Nancy Kichak explains how the cyber internship works.
Obama to end Federal Career Intern Program
The Post reports that a draft executive order will kill the 10-year-old FCIP in March.
UMBC training future cyber workforce
Jon Lau, Director of the Center for Cybersecurity for UMBC Training Centers, told Federal News Radio's Tom Temin how the program interacts with industry and government.
Federal managers mixed on need for pay freeze
Bryan Klopack, director of research at the Government Business Council, discussed a recent survey of federal managers by Government Executive on the impact of the impending pay freeze.
Report highlights federal recruiting best practices
The Partnership for Public Service's Tim McManus explained the findings of a report on best practices for federal hiring.
