How is Uncle Sam's Hiring Reform Progressing?
By: Steve Grumm
Even before the government-wide hiring freeze which now curtails – but it’s important to remember has not fully stopped – federal recruiting, Uncle Sam had long been criticized for protracted application processes which could leave qualified job candidates in limbo for months. The Obama Administration’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has undertaken reforms to, among other things, cut down on application processing time. How have recent reform efforts been going? The Government Executive takes a look, and they include responses from some of the bigger agencies like the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security.