Federal Employee “3R” payments up

Article Title: Federal recruitment, retention, relocation bonuses rose 22% in 2009

Article Snip: "...Federal managers are making wider use of the payments as a way to keep valued, highly skilled employees when their basic salary is inadequate when compared to private sector jobs. The Obama administration and federal worker labor unions note that more highly skilled federal employees ..."

Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com

Department of Veterans Affairs is Hiring

Article Title: VA hiring 400 people in Leavenworth

Article Snip: "...Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center. The best part of the jobs bonanza: Many are entry-level jobs that start at $31,000 but can pay as much as $45,000, plus benefits...."

Article Reference: www.kansascity.com

OPM Sponsors Space Coast Job Fair and Hands-on Training

Article Title: OPM Sponsors Space Coast Job Fair and Hands-on Training Article Snip:

"...continuing effort to promote federal hiring in areas adversely affected by current economic conditions, OPM supported the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in its effort to assist aerospace workers impacted by the end of the Space Shuttle Program at the Space Coast Job Fair and Hands-on Training in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ..."

Article Reference: www.opm.gov

DLA can help veterans find federal jobs

Article Title: DLA can help veterans find federal jobs Article Snip:

"...In addition to the typical veterans hiring authorities put in place by the federal government, the agency uses multiple internship programs to reach out to veterans. One, Operation Warfighter, gives wounded warriors a chance to obtain federal work experience while they are rehabilitating. The program is open even if they are planning to leave military service...."

Article Reference: insidenova.com

Federal Job Openings

Article Title: 22,000 Government Positions Posted on USAJobs.com Article Snip:

"...the website USAJobs.com, where the federal government lists all its job openings. There are thousands of positions, many with six-figure salaries..."

Article Reference: abcnews.go.com

Wounded Veterans Employment with the Federal Government assisted by the Wounded Warriors

Article Title: Wounded Warriors program finds veterans positions within the federal government Article Snip:

"...Since 2008, the Wounded Warriors program has worked to get disabled veterans from all military branches jobs within the federal government, said Cindy Sepulveda of the U.S. Army Civilian Human Resources Agency...."

Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com

Federal Employment for Disabled Veterans

Article Title: Federal agencies learn benefits of hiring wounded veterans Article Snip:

"...President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13518 in November 2009, which focused on employment of veterans in the federal government. In July 2010, the president also signed Executive Order 13548, which focused on increasing federal employment of individuals with disabilities...."

Article Reference: www.army.mil

bill to cut 800,000 federal jobs

Article Title: Perlmutter blasts House for passing bill to cut 800,000 federal jobs Article Snip:

"...Congressman Ed Perlmutter today issued a scathing statement criticizing the House of Representatives for passing a spending bill that could put nearly a million federal employees out of work...."

Article Reference: coloradoindependent.com

Federal Employment Outlook

Article Title: What President Obama's State of the Union Address means for Jobs in America Article Snip:

"...Competition for Federal Jobs…or any Jobs: Even with government cuts in jobs or spending there are still thousands of needs- so get going, get your federal job search in high gear and land that federal job...."

Article Reference: www.examiner.com

Military Veterans Employment Resource

Article Title: IHireVeterans.com Launches Online Resources Directory For US Military Veterans Article Snip:

"...IHireVeterans.com, the premier job site for veterans, returning military and their families, has launched a new veterans services directory to help our service members connect with veterans resources. The veteran’s resources directory can be found at http://www.IHireveterans.com/vet-resources...."

Article Reference: Military Veteran News

Wildland Firefighter Hiring

Wildland Firefighter Hiring

The Forest Service Intermountain Region (Southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, parts of Wyoming and California) is implementing a centralized wildland firefighter hiring process. This is an on going event that will happen twice a year. It will take place for two weeks in the spring and two weeks in the fall. During this time all vacant GS4-GS9 wildland firefighting positions will be filled. On this web site http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/fire/r4fire_hire/ you will find information on how to apply, a list of vacant positions and the location of all vacant wildland firefighter positions in the Intermountain Region.

The Intermountain Region Fire Hire program has been implemented to streamline the hiring process for permanent fire positions, and allow for more consistent hiring around the Region. This change of the hiring process is in response to a continual vacancy situation that all national forests in the Intermountain Region currently face. The unique feature of this process is the ability to immediately backfill positions that have been vacated.

Article Reference: www.fs.fed.us

Huntsville, Alabama Tech/Eng/Sec Clearance Job Fair

Article Title: Huntsville, Alabama Tech/Eng/Sec Clearance Job Fair Article Snip:

"...Jobs in Engineering (all disciplines), Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics, Defense, Intelligence, Hardware, Software Development, Systems Engineering, Network Administrators, Risk Management, Modeling & Simulation, Military Operations, Satellite, Radar, Imagery, Database Development, Geospatial, GIS, Manufacturing, Technology, Semiconductor, Cyber Security/Computer Forensics, Milstar, Satcom, Infosec, Information Security, Integration & Test, Network Engineering, IT/IS, Spawar, A & P, Composites, Design, Quality, Test, CAD, Program & Project Managers, Imaging, Manufacturing, Civil, Construction Management, Chemical, Process, Navigation, Java/J2EE, Aerospace, Avionics, Communications, HUMINT, SIGNIT, GPS, Energy, Nuclear, Power, and much more. ..."

Article Reference: Rocket-City.us

Future federal cyber employment in Utah

Article Title: National Security Agency cyber security center to be built in Utah Article Snip:

"...designed to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other agencies protect national security networks and identify cyber threats..."

Article Reference: Federal Employees

Growth in Federal Government Employment

Article Title: The Census and Growth in Federal Government Employment Article Snip:

"...during the summer of 2010, seasonally adjusted federal employment reached 3.4 million employees, the highest level of federal employment since May 1990. However, at the conclusion of this census, federal employment returned to a higher level than..."

Article Reference: www.nationalreview.com

Federal Service Career Path

Article Title: New Pathways to Federal Service Article Snip:

"...creates the new Recent Graduates Program, which will place qualifying applicants into federal jobs within their first two years of graduation. The order also beefs up..."

Article Reference: nextgov.com

Federal Intern Program to be shut down

Article Title: Federal Intern Program to be shut down Article Snip:

"...plans to issue an executive order ending a federal internship program that critics say circumvents proper hiring practices. ..."

Article Reference: Federal Employee News

Federal Government Military Veteran Job Opportunities

Article Title: Federal Government Military Veteran Job Opportunities Article Snip:

"...The Federal Government has a long and outstanding record of employing veterans. There are laws providing Veterans' preference and special appointing authorities..."

Article Reference: Military Veteran News

Advocate for veterans draws federal inquiry

Article Title: Advocate for veterans draws federal inquiry Article Snip:
"...A federal employee for 40 years, Foreman previously was director of small business programs for the Navy. His suspension followed his online posting of a Sept. 7 letter he sent to Will A. Gunn, the VA's general counsel, asking whether it was proper for VA contracting officers to bypass veteran-owned businesses..."
Article Reference: www.pittsburghlive.com

Federal Cyber Service Scholarship

Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship For Service
Article Snip:
"...Scholarship For Service (SFS) is a unique program designed to increase and strengthen the cadre of federal information assurance professionals that protect the government's critical information infrastructure. This program provides scholarships that fully fund the typical costs that students pay for books, tuition, and room and board while attending an approved institution of higher learning. Additionally, participants receive stipends of up to $8,000 for undergraduate and $12,000 for graduate students. The scholarships are funded through grants awarded by the National Science Foundation NSF...."
Article Reference: opm.gov

Pay freeze for federal workers for two years

Article Title: Obama proposes two-year pay freeze for federal workers Article Snip:

"...announced a two-year pay freeze for most of the 1.9 million civilians who work for the federal government..."

Article Reference: www.washingtonpost.com

Federal worker pay freeze