DHS cyber event offers lessons for fastracking IT hiring, says chief human capital officer

Federal Times: Acting collaboratively, quickly and decisively can help agencies hire mission-critical cybersecurity and IT personnel, according to a recent blog post by Angela Bailey, the Department of Homeland Security’s chief human capital officer.

In a CIO.gov entry dated Nov. 21, Bailey recounts lessons learned from a two-day hiring event DHS held in July 2016. “Don’t spend your precious time deliberating over potential barriers or complications; stop asking Congress for yet another hiring authority or new personnel system, instead capitalize on the existing rules, regulations and hiring authorities available today.”

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