In Depth Newscast – May 18

• Phil Reitinger is leaving the Homeland Security Department. Reitinger will step down from his post as the deputy undersecretary of the DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate on June 3rd. Reitinger joined DHS in March 2009.
• Eight members of Congress are urging President Obama to find some new inspector generals. Nine big-agency inspector general positions are vacant now. Some have been open for years, Federal Times reports.
• A bill to boost training and testing for Federal Protective Service guards cleared the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The SECURE Facilities Act of 2011 would hire 150 more FPS guards. It would also require a minimum of twelve hundred guards to be employed at any time.
• Agencies are hiring employees more quickly. The hiring process isn’t as complex as it once was and KSAs are out resumes are in. OPM Director John Berry says this progress is in response to President Obamas’ memo requiring agencies to reform the federal hiring process.

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