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DHS sets ‘aggressive’ recruiting strategy to fill AI jobs

DHS is trying to woo up to 50 AI experts this year, but the department faces fierce competition for the tech talent.

Artificial Intelligence

To improve its customer experience, SSA found an unusual partner from the NFL

Ask the CIO

Executive branch agencies are just glomming onto a hiring practice this Congressional bureau has been using for years

Hiring/Retention

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How could improving customer experience boost trust in government?

Management

Strengthening the acquisition talent pipeline is a top GSA priority for 2022

Federal Insights

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Agencies entering ‘execution’ phase of Biden’s cyber executive order

Cybersecurity

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CDOs making progress, feeling confident in role, survey finds

Big Data

Federal cyber agencies call zero trust ‘new normal’ of security, partnering to implement

Cybersecurity

White House launches a new round of tech recruitment to nail down big problems

Hiring/Retention

Nicolas Chaillan is the Air Force’s chief software officer. (Photo courtesy AFCEA)

In goodbye message, Chaillan unloads his frustrations over DoD’s technology culture, processes

People

HUD, OPM gain new technology executives, CBP losing its CISO

Reporter's Notebook

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College Metropolitan Campus, Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

For IT, cyber policy goals, dig beneath the numbers of Biden’s 2022 request

The Biden administration is asking for a 2.4% increase and a 14% increase in federal IT and cybersecurity spending, respectively, in fiscal 2022.

Reporter's Notebook

Close up of hands typing on laptop. Night work concept.

First cohort of federal employees graduate from OMB’s data science upskilling program

The upskilling program gives agencies a chance to fill critical skill gaps faster than what they could accomplish by onboarding new talent through the…

Workforce

FILE - In this June 23, 2014, file photo, a recruiter, at left, takes the resume of an applicant during a job fair, in Philadelphia. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits the week before. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Agencies struggle to find qualified talent through public job postings, even with skills assessments

Hiring/Retention

As agencies attempt to use more skills-based assessments to vet job candidates, a dashboard shows just how difficult finding and choosing qualified talent is with today’s federal hiring system.