Making the Federal government workforce flourish is at the very top of the President Biden’s management agenda, and the wheels are in motion on Capitol Hill, at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and at Federal agencies to execute on the vision of restocking the government with top-notch talent.
For the very latest on how that effort is going and where it may point to next, please join us at the Workday Federal Forum at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., on May 22 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. eastern time to hear members of Congress and workforce leaders from 10 Federal agencies and the White House provide their expertise.
What’s in play right now in the government’s campaign to boost the Federal workforce? In a word, plenty.
The larger effort is underpinned by the President’s Management Agenda issued by the White House and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2021 that provides marching orders to agencies to renew and grow the Federal workforce.
Since then, the mission is being driven forward by the Office of Personnel Management as it puts skills-based hiring initiatives – especially for technology, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence (AI) positions.
Individual Federal agencies have all been standouts in the workforce campaign, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with its special salary rate program to attract and retain technology talent, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) with its use of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Cybersecurity Talent Management System to hire several hundred new employees to meet increased mission responsibilities, and the DHS’ recent push to build an internal agency AI Corps.
And intertwined through the entire mission is the pandemic-driven advent of widespread Federal workforce telework, with OMB aiming toward a steady-state of half in-office, half-remote work regimens and members of Congress pushing for more changes.
To learn more about all the latest developments with those and other Federal workforce renewal efforts, please meet us at the Workday Federal Forum on May 22 to hear straight from the decision-makers:
Robin Carnahan, Administrator at the General Services Administration;
Christina Dance, Program Manager, Human Resource Modernization at the Defense Intelligence Agency;
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee;
Ryan Higgins, Acting Chief Information Officer and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at the Department of Commerce [pending approval];
Dr. Elizabeth Kolmstetter, Chief People Officer at CISA;
Catherine Manfre, Chief Transformation Officer at OPM;
Eric Mill, Executive Director for Cloud Strategy at GSA;
Seeyew Mo, Assistant National Cyber Director for Workforce, Education, and Awareness;
Kaschit Pandya, Chief Technology Officer at the Internal Revenue Service;
James Rodriguez, Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service at the Department of Labor; and
Love Rutledge, Chief of Staff, Office of the Chief Talent Management Officer at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness;
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., ranking member of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection subcommittee;
Dr. Cyril “Mark” Taylor, Chief Technology Officer, Communications Systems, at U.S. Special Operations Command.
If you can invest a few hours on May 22 with us, we promise a hefty return of in-person expertise and networking at the Workday Federal Forum. Secure your spot.