Summary
Between now and January 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expected to lose 80 non-career executives, leaving career employees to fill the void. The number of high-level DHS vacancies has been a concern for a while now. In July 2007, the House Homeland Security Committee released a report that found 138 of 575 senior-level jobs were vacant as of May 1. Homeland Security's progress in filling the executive ranks in fiscal 2007, however, could change the course. The department now holds 767 senior positions, and of those, 125 are vacant. The challenges of the DHS workforce in transition could delve deeper than the executive ranks, however. In a 2006 survey of the federal workforce conducted by the Office of Personnel Management, DHS ranked at or near the bottom in leadership, performance management and job satisfaction.
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Transition Threat
Over the past year, Congress and the Homeland Security Department have been entangled in a numbers game. At issue is whether DHS has the leadership capacity to address national security, especially as the newest Cabinet agency prepares for its ...
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