Oversight

From Candidates to Change Makers: Recruiting and Hiring the Next Generation of Federal Employees

Date: May 8, 2008
Time: 10:00am
Agenda:

According to the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Budget Justification for fiscal year 2009, more than half of the federal government’s employees will become eligible for retirement in the next ten years and approximately 40 percent of the federal workforce is expected to retire. The Chief Human Capital Officers Council is working with Federal agencies to develop the best practices for hiring, succession planning, and strategic human capital plans to address this crisis. However, many candidates continue to complain about the difficult process for entry into federal government jobs, despite OPM’s efforts to improve the recruitment and hiring process. The hearing will examine the challenges of the recruiting and hiring processes for federal government jobs.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr.

Robert

Goldenkoff

Director of Strategic Issues

Government Accountability Office

Panel 1

Ms.

Angela

Bailey

Deputy ASsociate Director

Talent and Capacity Policy Center, Strategic Human Resource Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management

Panel 1

John

Crum

Acting Director

Office of Policy and Evaluation, Merit Systems Protection Board

Panel 1

Mr.

James

McDermott

Chief Human Capital Officer

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Panel 2

Mr.

John

Gage

National President

American Federation of Government Employees

Panel 2

Ms.

Colleen M.

Kelley

National President

National Treasury Employees Union

Panel 2

Mr.

Dan

Solomon

Chief Executive Officer

Virilion, Inc.

Panel 2

Max

Stier

President and Chief Executive Officer

Partnership for Public Service

Panel 2

Ms.

Donna

Mathews

Principal

Federal Sector Programs, Hewitt Associates LLC