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Voinovich: hiring reforms will take an act of law

Congress remains serious about federal hiring reform, and about telework. Senator George Voinovich weighs in with the legislative outlook.

Tags: Federal Drive , Congressional Spotlight , George Voinovich , telework

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Berry lauds agencies for vet hiring

John Berry, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss the uptick in the number of vets being hired into the federal ranks and how the overall hiring reform process is going.

Tags: John Berry , OPM , veterans , Dorobek Insider , pay and benefits , Jolie Lee

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OPM wants to settle the fed salary debate

Director John Berry has asked federal and private sector experts to come up with a formula to compare public and private sector salaries. He says the government has a perception problem that needs to be fixed. Two senators introduce provisions to freeze federal pay and the number of employees.

Tags: pay and benefits , John Berry , Christine Griffin , Tom Coburn , John Thune , OPM , BLS , Senior Executive Association , NAPA , Administrative Conference of the U.S. , diversity , pay raise , Jason Miller , Executive Update 2010

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House lawmakers uneasy about hiring reforms

Senate passes a bill that calls for many of the same changes the administration is asking for. House committee wants more answers about how the reforms would affect the hiring of veterans. OPM promises more answers in 90 days.

Tags: pay and benefits , John Berry , Stephen Lynch , Jason Chaffetz , Eleanor Holmes-Norton , Daniel Akaka , George Voinovich , OPM , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , VA , NTEU , veterans preference , USAJobs.gov , Federal Career Internship Program , Jason Miller

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OPM touts transformation of federal hiring

One year after the President called for improvements to how agencies hire workers, OPM Director Berry said KSAs, long job descriptions and the rule of three are mostly a thing of the past. On average, agencies are hiring new employees in 105 days and most job descriptions are five pages or fewer.

Tags: pay and benefits , management , John Berry , Robert Buggs , OPM , Education , CHCO Council , KSAs , internship program , workforce planning , Jason Miller

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Hiring reforms better than advertised

Hiring reforms announced last year are working. John Palguta tells Federal News Radio the changes are more successful than many people realize.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , KSA , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service

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New regs to improve hiring of college grads

OPM Director Berry said agencies are commenting on the rules to implement President Obama's executive order to bring college graduates more easily into the government. Berry also wants Congress to change the law so feds who want to retire can phase in their exit and act as mentors.

Tags: pay and benefits , management , John Berry , Ray Lahood , Shaun Donovan , OPM , DOT , HUD , Partnership for Public Service , Pathways , Jason Miller

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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 , John Sepulveda , Eric Shinseki , VA , CHCO Council , OPM , HR academy , training , Jason Miller

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Hiring reforms not quite there yet

It's supposed to be a new day for federal hiring, but is it? We ask John Palguta with the Partnership for Public Service.

Tags: pay and benefits , John Palguta , Partnership for Pubic Service , KSA , Suzanne Kubota

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Weakest link in federal hiring is at the start

In federal hiring, officials always have to strike a balance: fill the job as quickly as possible, while looking for the right candidate from as big a pool of applicants as possible. A new report suggests evaluating candidates is the weakest part of the entire hiring process.

Tags: management , pay and benefits , OPM , Partnership for Public Service , Joshua Joseph , NIH , Christine Majors , DoE , Brian Costlow , ODNI , Elizabeth Kolmstetter , employee assessments , Max Cacas

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