OMB cited increasing opportunities for early career talent by expanding the Pathways Programs and making it easier for agencies to hire interns. Image: Fida Olga/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffIn what likely will be the last word from the Biden administration on its President’s Management Agenda, OMB has touted the priority item of “strengthening and empowering the federal workforce” as resulting in “significant progress in strengthening and empowering the nonpartisan, merit-based federal workforce, while also reducing the time and effort required to hire new federal employees.”
It cited (in its words): “issuing guidance to improve the federal hiring experience for job seekers, hiring managers, and HR professionals; launching pooled hiring actions, where one job announcement is used to hire multiple people at different agencies, which has led to faster, more efficient hiring; protecting the civil service by clarifying and reinforcing long-standing protections and merit system principles;”
Also: “increasing opportunities for early career talent by expanding the Pathways Programs, making it easier for agencies to hire interns, improving the intern experience, and launching tools like the Agency Talent Portal and an Early Career page and Career Exploration Tool on USAJOBS; and Launching the AI, Cyber, and Tech Hiring Surge, recruiting 500 technologists into government and training over 40,000 federal employees on AI; creating jobs that supported the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with a focus on equitable access to good paying union jobs;”
Also: “building a growing suite of data tools including the OPM FEVS, Time to Hire and Cyber Workforce dashboards that empower HR practitioners, front-line managers, and senior leaders to use data to make informed decisions; enhancing hiring and retention strategies for military-connected spouses, caregivers, and survivors through the Advancing Economic Security Executive Order; and enabling agencies to vet their personnel faster and reduce risk by transitioning the government’s entire national security workforce from periodic reinvestigations to continuous vetting.”
Under the priority of improving customer service, it cited a focus on “transforming outdated and burdensome processes into seamless, more accessible experiences. Application forms and renewal processes are shorter and increasingly available online, and agencies are using feedback from their customers to continuously improve services.”
“Through this PMA, dozens of Federal agencies have taken actions to improve customer experience, with dozens more expanding their customer experience portfolios to deliver results for the American people. Through these efforts, agencies have increased access to services and reduced tens of millions of burden hours,” it said.
Under the priority of improving the business of government, it cited cost savings and avoidance through category management; the Better Contracting Initiative; creation of the Federal Program Inventory; and updating the Uniform Grants Guidance, among others.
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