Search Result
Search Tags: workforce
Scholarship competition aims to attract high schoolers to cyber career
The International Informations Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. — or (ISC)2 &mdashl; has awarded five scholarships as part of a cybersecurity challenge for high schoolers. The organization works with the U.S. Cyber Challenge, a national public-private coalition.
Tags: (ISC)2 , technology , cybersecurity , U.S. Cyber Challenge , Federal Drive
Best places to work in the federal government
Host Derrick Dortch will talk about federal hiring with John Palguta, vice president for Policy at the Partnership for Public Service.
December 16, 2011(Encore presentation December 23, 2011)
Tags: Derrick Dortch , Fed Access , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , Best Places to Work 2011 , federal hiring
The government's efforts to go green
Roger Platt of the U.S. Green Building Council, joins host Debra Roth to talk about what the government is doing to be more environmentally friendly.
December 16, 2011
Tags: green building initiatives , Debra Roth , Shaw Bransford & Roth , Roger Platt , U.S. Green Building Council , energy conservation , Fed Talk
DoD extends deadline for tuition assistance
The tuition assistance program funds post-secondary education for current service members. Currently about 320,000 service members are enrolled to the tune of $545 million.
Tags: DoD Report , tuition assistance program , Federal Drive
Contentious hearing leaves more questions about NRC leadership
Chairman Jaczko told lawmakers he would not resign despite criticism from NRC commissioners. Republican members push for Jaczko to leave. Democrats said their investigations found no legal violations.
Tags: NRC , Elijah Cummings , Darrell Issa , Jason Chaffetz , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Gregory Jaczko , William Magwood , Emily Kopp
Air Force lifts hiring freeze
The service has been trying to bring workforce numbers down to 2010 levels. Since the spring, the Air Force cut nearly 9,000 positions with 4,500 more to go to reach their goal.
Tags: Michelle LoweSolis , hiring , Air Force , DoD
Where are you on the S-list?
Thanks to the behavior of Congress, federal workers no longer top the national S (for super) list of "Most Loathed Professions." But you are definitely on it, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , Congress , budget ,
NIST, DHS trying to tame cyber workforce definitions
Agencies, vendors can comment until Friday on the draft standard describing cybersecurity workers. A common definition will help agencies classify who is a cyber worker.
Tags: cybersecuirty , cybersecuirty update , Government Business Council , Hord Tipton , (ISC)² , DHS , Peggy Maxson , Angela Curry , National Initiative for Cyber Education , NIST , Emily Kopp
Veteran hires at highest level in 20 years
Nearly three in every 10 new hires in the government is a veteran, marking the highest percentage of new hires in more than 20 years. Just two out of the 24 agencies in the President's Council on Veterans Employment failed to meet their goals. The council released Tuesday preliminary fiscal 2011 employment data.
Tags: Emily Kopp , veterans , employment , hiring , OPM , John Berry , DHS , Treasury , NRC
Federal employees and big government
Government Executive Editor in Chief Tom Shoop joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss a recent poll finding big government a leading concern as the biggest threat facing the U.S. Shoop said distrust of the government translates into distrust of the political system.
Tags: In Depth , Tom Shoop , Government Executive
