U.S. government faces "war for talent": report
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The U.S. government needs to hire up to 193,000 employees in the next two years and will face a difficult task competing with the private sector for qualified employees, according to a report released by a nonprofit group on Tuesday
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Nearly 90 percent of Army National Guard units in the United States are rated "not ready" -- largely because of shortfalls in equipment worth billions of dollars -- jeopardizing the Guard's ability to respond to crises at home and abroad, according to a congressional commission that released a preliminary report today on the state of U.S. military reserve forces....
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Many people the government wants as employees are interested in working for Uncle Sam, but they don't see the government as being as innovative and creative as the private sector, according to a Gallup survey released yesterday.
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The Bush administration has been talking with Iraqi leaders about guaranteeing Sunni Arabs high-level jobs in Iraq's new government even if Sunni candidates fail to do well in elections, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
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Report backed by pro-visa group sees shortages in high-skill occupations, a view not shared by all.
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Iraq's shaky government will be hard-pressed to meet the 18 benchmarks even by the end of the year, and many Iraqis believe focusing on U.S.-mandated yardsticks has in effect set them up for failure.
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A new report asserts that military recruiters were allowed to use class time to make presentations, in violation of Education Department guidelines.
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A &quot;formidable information and technology management challenge&quot; faces the Homeland Security Department, according a report released today by the Government Accountability Office.
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A U.S. intelligence report before  the Iraq war warned that an American invasion could lead to  rogue elements fighting the new Iraqi government and U.S.  forces, sources familiar with the report said on Tuesday.
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Most federal agencies are losing more employees with severe disabilities than they are hiring, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants to get the government back on path as a model employer.
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Government to face a challenge from unions to secure equal rights for agency workers.
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The White House on Friday played down a government report which said the war in Iraq is providing an important training ground and recruitment center for Islamic terrorists.
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WASHINGTON - Teaching local officials in Iraq to govern themselves and provide their citizens with basic services will take "years of steady engagement." It also will rely heavily on the US government's ability to recruit skilled civilians, investigators told a House panel yesterday.
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Experts say the talent shortage lies not in the number of tech-savvy workers but in the types of skills and experience they possess.
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The U.S. needs to overhaul its education system to encourage innovation and focus more federal funding on high-risk research to maintain a competitive edge over other nations, according to a report endorsed by leading U.S. companies and universities.
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said in a report yesterday that Social Security is facing a $13.6 trillion shortfall in coming years and that delaying reforms is not fair to younger workers.
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A panel of leading computer scientists has warned in a report that unless the US government significantly increases support for advanced research on supercomputing, the United States will be unable to retain its lead on that technological front.