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Inside the Reporter's Notebook: OPM personnel changes, Tangherlini gets more than 210 days

News and buzz in the acquisition and IT communities that you may have missed this week.

Tags: Jason Miller , Inside the Reporters Notebook , technology , people , OPM , Matt Perry , Danny Werfel , GSA , OMB , FFATA , Darrell Issa

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OPM uses new assessment tools for potential hires

WFED's Jason Miller reports.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , HR , HR reform , hiring process , Jason Miller ,

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Average time to hire a new fed cut by 70 days

OPM said its goal is to get the average hire in their agency in 80 days. One way the agency will continue to bring down the average time is through a new set of applicant assessment tools. The first will launch in January for accountants and financial analysts.

Tags: pay and benefits , OPM , ELC 2010 , hiring process , internship programs , dismissal process , USAJobs.gov , applicant assessments , Jason Miller

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Fed workforce survey: a mixed bag

Improvement needed in work-life balance.

Tags: mngt , OPM , MC , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , Federal Human Capital Survey

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SES reforms on pace for this summer

OPM told a Senate subcommittee that recruitment, training and onboarding are among their top priorities to improve the Senior Executive Service. More than half of all SESers are eligible to retire by 2013. OPM's Nancy Kichak said SES pay compression is the biggest challenge in need of Congressional help.

Tags: pay and benefits , management , Daniel Akaka , OPM , White House , President's Management Council , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Carol Bonosaro , SEA , Senior Executive Service , compression pay , SES reforms , Jason Miller , President

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OPM's new cyber worker definition to improve hiring

The agency and the CIO Council creates a list of the competencies cybersecurity workers need. OPM's Kichak said agencies will have a common understanding of the skills and abilities these employees need.

Tags: technology , management , OPM , CIO Council , cybersecurity , cybersecurity workforce , hiring authorities , Jason Miller

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OPM defines IT security worker

The Office of Personnel Management has officially defined what it means to be a federal IT security worker.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Jason Miller , OPM , IT security worker , Dorobek Insider

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OPM creates cybersecurity career path

OPM's Nancy Kichak explains how the cyber internship works.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , OPM , hiring , Federal Drive

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UPDATE: More on training and mentoring managers at your agency

Agencies will have defined benchmarks to hit for training current and future managers.

Tags: management , best practices , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , Daniel Akaka , Marilee Fitzgerald , OPM , Defense Department

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Senate explores improved supervisor training

What's the best way to train the next generation of federal agency supervisors? a Senate panel holds an oversight hearing exploring proposed legislation to improve the way that potential mid-level managers are trained, and ways to continue and enhance the training and experience they already have.

Tags: management , Pay&benefits , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , Daniel Akaka , OPM , Marilee Fitzgerald , DoD , Defense , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , Max Cacas

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