Federal hiring remains a work in progress after many fixes

The Washington Post: Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) read a list of government projects that once promised to bring new life to the federal hiring process, only to then show it in steadily declining health.

“In 2008, OPM (Office of Personnel Management) and the Chief Human Capital Officers Council created the End-to-End Hiring Roadmap Initiative to try to improve the federal hiring process for applicants,” he said at a Senate hearing Thursday.

“In 2010, the White House launched the president’s Hiring Reform Initiative to help with recruiting and finding the most qualified employees for the government.

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