Summary
The federal government has a problem with its personnel. The Government Accountability Office and the Office of Personnel Management have been warning for years that agencies face a crisis of epic proportions as baby boomers begin to retire. In a way, it would be comforting if all that agencies had to worry about was replacing their aging workers. Overall, civilian federal employment has been steadily rising since it bottomed out at a little more than 1.7 million employees in 2001. Meanwhile, most agencies continue to rely increasingly on contractors to do the work they lack the staff to do themselves. When it comes to 21st century personnel management, lawmakers and federal employees themselves have not been able to reach agreement even on the basics.
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People Problem
The federal government has a problem with its personnel-or its workforce, or its human capital, or whatever term of art you choose. That's not exactly news. After all, the Government Accountability Office and the Offic...
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