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OPM eases burden to hire people with disabilities

The agency will publish a final rule Friday that will remove the need for people with disabilities to have a "certification of job readiness."

Tags: hiring , workforce , management , people with disabilities , OPM , Jason Miller

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Feds see success in streamlining complicated hiring process

The federal government's hiring process has long been plagued with a poor reputation. However, since President Barack Obama issued an executive memo in 2010, the Office of Personnel Management has taken great strides to streamline the hiring process as well as to incorporate other reforms to make it easier to hire recent college graduates, people with disabilities and veterans. Federal News Radio spoke about this with Linda Bilmes, a senior lecturer at the Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, as part of the special report, The Obama Impact: Evaluating the Last Four Years.

Tags: OPM , workforce , Pathways Program , disability hiring , Linda Bilmes , Federal Drive

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Federal Drive interviews - September 19

On the Federal Drive show blog, you can listen to the interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day and links to additional resources.

Tags: Linda Bilmes , Eduardo Ribas , FERC , SES reform , STOCK Act , workforce

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Interior reduces hiring time, manager paper cuts

The Interior Department's new, simplified hiring process has slashed hiring time by more than 100 days. Much of the change results from less paperwork for managers, a department leader told Federal News Radio.

Tags: Rhea Suh , workforce , DOI , management , Federal Drive , Ruben Gomez

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CHCO recommends employee-sharing as budget salve

Managers should consider allowing employees to solve problems in other parts of government. Doing so is an effective way for agencies to improve workers' skillsets and maximize resources, said retiring Energy Department HR chief Mike Kane.

Tags: Energy , Mke Kane , CHCO Council , budget , GEAR , management , workforce , Ruben Gomez

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Despite reform, federal hiring process could be simpler

Former FAA human resources assistant administrator Ventris Gibson said hiring reforms over the last two years have made the process better, but there still is room for improvement.

Tags: Ventris Gibson , KSA , workforce , Keith BieryGolick , FAA , Government Performance Summit

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Panel: Hiring reform critical as brain drain looms

The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discussed the big issues in recruitment, hiring and retention with a panel of federal hiring experts.

Tags: Angela Bailey , OPM , Denise Carter , HHS , John Crum , MSPB , Federal Drive , workforce

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VA, Education reap benefits of hiring reforms

Improvements to training and employee retention are increasing department workforces and saving money, agency chief human capital officers for the Education and Veterans Affairs departments said at an event Tuesday.

Tags: John Sepulveda , Robert Buggs , Education , Veterans Affairs , retention , hiring , management , training , Sean McCalley

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Kane named 'CHCO of the Year' for online training, performance evaluation work

The Energy Department is one of six agencies testing a framework aimed at revamping one of the thorniest issues in government: how supervisors evaluate employees. Chief Human Capital Officer Mike Kane led a working group of more than 100 union, management and government representatives who drafted the framework. He earned the "Chief Human Capital Officer of the Year" award from the CHCO Council.

Tags: Energy , CHCO Council , Mike Kane , HR University , Pathways , hiring , 2011 and Beyond , performance management , Emily Kopp

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Survey: CHCOs worry about retaining committed workforce

Retaining good employees in spite of pay freezes and cuts to employee benefits will be the biggest challenge facing agency human resources officials next year. Federal News Radio asked chief human capital officers to reflect on 2011 and make predictions for 2012.

Tags: Emily Kopp , 2011 and Beyond , pay freeze , pay and benefits , workforce , CHCO , CHCO Council , OPM , HR , performance management , Kathryn Medina

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