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Will 2012 be the year agencies focus on succession planning?
Pressure is growing on agencies to draft formal succession plans. There's good reason to believe more feds retired in late 2011 than in recent years, although the final count is not yet out.
Tags: workforce , succession planning , Agriculture , Interior , VA , Pam Malam , management , retirement , William Milton , Emily Kopp
VA: Happy feds saved $200 million in turnover costs
The Department of Veterans Affairs avoided $200 million in turnover costs by investing in online training resources for employees, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration John Sepulveda told Federal News Radio. He also explained how the VA plans to make veterans 40 percent of its workforce, weather the retirement tsunami and continue to be a federal leader on human capital issues in a wide-ranging interview.
Tags: CHCO Council , VA , pay and benefits , workforce , hiring , recruitment , retention , veterans , Disabled , Latino , Hispanic , employment , diversity , Emily Kopp
New strategy gives agencies a "springboard" for increasing diversity
Agencies have four months to develop diversity and inclusion plans under a broad, brief governmentwide strategy released Thursday. Proponents say, by making the President's Management Council responsible for progress, the strategy will succeed where past measures have failed.
Tags: diversity , Latino , Hispanic , VA , Pat Tamburrino , DoD , Veronica Villalobos , OPM , Jorge Ponce , Council of Federal EEO and Civil Rights Executives , hispanic council on federal employment , OMB , Emily Kopp
Three nominated for senior VA positions
Tags: management , technology , Roger Baker , William Gunn , VA , OPM , Commerce , HUD , White House , CIO , human resources , General Counsel
Sepulveda named Chief Human Capitol Officer of the Year
The Office of Personnel Management gave the top award for Chief Human Capitol Officers of the Year to John U. Sepúlveda, assistant secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Tags: CHCO , OPM , DoE , Rita Franklin , DHS , Rodney Markham , Bill Fleming
VA pushes hiring reforms through program managers
The agency is using service level agreements to help ensure hiring managers are involved in all parts of the process. VA cut the amount of time it takes to hire a new employee by 20 days. VA hopes to get the average time down below the governmentwide goal of 80 days in 2011.
Tags: management , pay and benefits , Eric Shinseki , VA , CHCO Council , OPM , hiring reforms , HR academy , training , Jason Miller
