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USAJobs 3.0 glitches part of 'growing pains'
Jeff Neal, the former CHCO at the Homeland Security Department, said the glitches are not structural and are "growing pains" in standing up a large and complex system.
Tags: CHCO Council , workforce , hiring , In Depth , OPM , usa jobs , technology
Persistence needed to go "Where the Jobs Are"
Nearly 300,000 jobs in the next three years. That's the projection by federal agencies of the number of new mission-critical jobs they hope to fill by 2012. But what do you need to do to go "Where the Jobs Are?" The Partnership for Public Service asked Fed CHCOs to lay out a roadmap.
Tags: management , Partnership for Public Service , Where the Jobs Are Report , Dept. of Homeland Security , Dept. of Justice , Dept. of the Treasury , Office of Personnel Managemen , Mari Barr Santangelo , Rochelle Granat , John Berry , Max Cacas
New CHCO Announced for DHS
There's a new Chief Human Capital Officer on the job at the Department of Homeland Security.
Tags: mngt , DHS , Janet Napolitano , CHCO ,
Labor-management forums in need of some clarity
Both employee unions and agencies say certain phrases in President Obama's executive order creating these committees need to be better defined. VA deputy secretary Gould will lead an effort to bring some precision to terms such as pre-decisional, to make sure everyone is working from the same sheet of paper. National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relations also details first set of bargaining pilots, called B-1.
Tags: pay and benefits , management , John Berry , Scott Gould , OPM , DHS , VA , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , Bill Dougan , NFFE , National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relat , labor-mangement forums , B-1 pilots , telework , Jason Miller
Mission and merit systems collide in HR
A recent survey of chief human capital officers reveals some shortcomings and frustrations in the relationship between CHCOs and the Office of Personnel Management. But two veteran federal HR experts said such a tension is natural and even healthy. And a top OPM leader talks about an initiative to resolve concerns over the shortcomings of training on the part of the HR workforce and their ability to assist in hiring reforms.
Tags: management , human resource management , CHCO Council , OPM , Kathryn Medina , DHS , John Salamone , FMP , Ron Sanders , Booz Allen Hamilton , Partnership for Public Service , Grant Thornton , hiring reforms , Max Cacas
CHCOs say hiring specialists need new skills
Tags: management , pay and benefits , CHCO , DHS , Navy , Pat Adams , Ray Limon , CNCS , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , Scott Cameron , Grant Thornton , OPM , federal hiring , Kathryn Medina , Max Cacas
Senator hopes to bridge feds foreign language gap
A Senate panel probes the government's continued foreign language deficiencies. The Government Accountability Office finds limited progress across several agencies. DHS and DoD are taking steps to increase the number of employees with foreign language skills.
Tags: management , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Daniel Akaka , Nancy Weaver , DoD , DHS , David Maurer , GAO , State Department , Max Cacas
GAO's John Needham on smooth insourcing
Director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management shares ideas to implement OMB insourcing guidelines.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , contracting , management , insourcing , John Needham , Congress , GAO , DHS , OFPP , OPM , Dan Gordon , Chuck Grimes
DHS to increase the number, diversity of senior leaders
CHCO Jeff Neal says the agency received permission from OMB and OPM to hire 90 SESers. He also wants to ensure the senior manager ranks include more women and minorities.
Tags: pay and benefits , DHS , OMB , OPM , workforce , diversity , hiring , veterans , recruitment
Does government hiring always need to be slow and arduous?
We continue with our coverage of "Five Fallacies of Government" and the fallacy of government hiring always being slow and arduous.
Tags: 5 Fallacies of Government , federal hiring , DHS , OPM
