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CIO Council report recommends improvements to federal IT hiring

The report's top recommendation is to create a comprehensive special pay system for IT jobs across government.

Jun 10, 2020 By Billy Mitchell

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‘Rigid’ pay system blamed for Federal Cyber Reskilling Academy struggles

The U.S. Merit Protection Board has some ideas for a reskilling program that has yet to mint any new cybersecurity experts.

Jan 22, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Cloud, AI skills top list of talent needs for federal government CIOs, report finds

Federal IT leaders foresee a significant need for a wide range of IT skills at their agencies over the next two years, with the greatest demand expected…

Dec 10, 2019 By Scoop News Group

USDA places focus on reskilling after Centers of Excellence modernization

A major challenge "that doesn't get discussed is how you prepare your workforce to be able to support this new environment" after modernization, said USDA CIO Gary…

Nov 14, 2019 By Billy Mitchell

What comes after cyber for federal reskilling initiatives? Data science

The CIO Council is following "clear demand signals" and learning from what's already been done, Margie Graves said Thursday.

Nov 14, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

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GAO: 18 big agencies continue to ignore key IT workforce planning actions

The Government Accountability Office gave the same advice that agencies implement eight workforce planning activities in 2016 and 2018.

Nov 1, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

Career Compass challenge winner provides a ‘full lifecycle’ view of your career journey

Phase two of the NSF competition wrapped up last week.

Sep 6, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Why agencies aren’t scaling bots vertically just yet

More often RPA is being introduced across a few use cases as controls often have yet to be established.

Jul 1, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir

Microsoft launches online AI course for government employees

Government workers can now get a tailormade education in artificial intelligence from Microsoft’s AI Business School. The free online course launched Tuesday and will focus on showing…

May 30, 2019 By Jackson Barnett

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OPM offers guides for handling automation’s effect on federal workforce

The Office of Personnel Management released a new set of tools Wednesday in its ongoing effort to reskill federal employees as technologies like robotic process automation and artificial intelligence…

May 22, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir