GSA placed FedRAMP Director Pete Waterman on administrative leave after he called veterans’ preference in federal hiring “brutally unfair” in a LinkedIn post. […]

FedRAMP Director Pete Waterman said the program accepted its first rotational employee as its new Cybersecurity Service begins taking shape, even as hiring challenges slow efforts to recruit cloud security experts. […]

Acting Director Nick Andersen said CISA is accelerating hiring, with 180 tentative offers expected by month’s end and hundreds of new employees slated to join the agency. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is launching a hiring push to recruit project managers for roles across federal agencies, which will include overseeing initiatives in artificial intelligence (AI) and financial technology. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued joint guidance to Federal agencies today that aims to improve the Federal hiring experience for job applicants, managers, and human resources (HR) professionals. […]

An executive order (EO) released on October 21 creates a new classification in the Federal workforce for career professionals in “policy-making” positions, with provisions that could make it easier to hire and fire employees and prevent them from joining unions. […]

A new report released August 26 from the Partnership for Public Service recommends data-driven hiring and innovative talent management to maintain a strong Federal workforce and overcome mission-critical skills gaps. […]

Senators and Federal representatives spoke about the challenges of and potential solutions to issues in Federal hiring – including in cybersecurity and IT – at a Senate Homeland Security Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management Subcommittee hearing today. […]