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

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

Thursday, May 8, 2008
10:00 AM

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 [view testimony]
  Director of Strategic Issues
  Government Accountability Office
• Ms. Angela Bailey [view testimony]
  Deputy ASsociate Director
  Talent and Capacity Policy Center, Strategic Human Resource Policy Division, Office of Personnel Management
• John Crum, PhD [view testimony]
  Acting Director
  Office of Policy and Evaluation, Merit Systems Protection Board
• Mr. James McDermott [view testimony]
  Chief Human Capital Officer
  Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Panel 2

• Mr. John Gage [view testimony]
  National President
  American Federation of Government Employees
• Colleen M. Kelley [view testimony]
  National President
  National Treasury Employees Union
• Mr. Dan Solomon [view testimony]
  Chief Executive Officer
  Virilion, Inc.
• Max Stier [view testimony]
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Partnership for Public Service
• Ms. Donna Mathews [view testimony]
  Principal
  Federal Sector Programs, Hewitt Associates LLC