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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has launched the Federal Workforce Competency Initiative (FWCI), a workforce data collection effort that aims to support recruitment, training, performance management, career development, job design and other human capital activities by updating agencies' competency models with current data. The survey will take approximately three weeks. 

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report summarizing its insights on previous work and recommendations encompassing three areas for building up the federal workforce in science and technology. “We testified that while agencies have implemented some of our prior recommendations, they haven't fully implemented others,” GAO said in the report.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) will strive to increase workforce opportunities for neurodiverse individuals. NGA launched its Neurodiverse Federal Workforce pilot program in Dec. 2020. The agency will foster partnerships with MITRE and Melwood to provide jobs for people with disabilities. "NGA mission success is contingent on a world-class workforce with a wide diversity of opinions and expertise,” NGA deputy director and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient Dr. Stacey Dixon. 

Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said there has been an expanded use of digital tools as more federal employees telework due to the coronavirus pandemic and that agencies can now begin to reassess their physical requirements, Federal Times reported Thursday.

Dale Cabaniss, director of the Office of Personnel Management, immediately resigned from her post Tuesday, Politico reported. Michael Rigas, deputy director at OPM, will lead the agency on an interim basis, according to a spokesperson for OPM.

Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said the Federal Data Strategy will help establish a data reskilling pilot in addition to delivering a sense of data literacy to federal employees, Federal News Network reported Friday.

The Office of Personnel Management has proposed a rule that allows agencies to hire former federal personnel who have acquired higher-level skillsets and appoint them without competition to roles at any grade level for which they are qualified.

Congressional negotiators have approved an average salary rate increase of 3.1 percent for federal civilian and military personnel as part of government spending legislation for fiscal year 2020, Government Executive reported Monday.

The White House announced on Monday that the recipients of the Gears of Government President’s Award, which seeks to acknowledge the contributions of federal employees and teams who help improve the lives of U.S. citizens. “These awards recognize not just the front-line mission employees, but also those teams and individuals that are strengthening our country to be a more modern, effective government to better serve their fellow citizens,” Margaret Weichert, deputy director for management at the Office of management and Budget, said in a statement published Monday.

Federal Chief Information Officer and 2019 Wash100 Award winner Suzette Kent said the CIO Council is accepting applications for the second group of individuals who will undergo training as part of the Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy, Federal News Network reported Tuesday. “Our second set of reskilling activities are kicking off,” Kent said Tuesday at the GDIT Emerge conference in Washington.