OPM will survey agencies for STEM, cybersecurity direct hire authority

FedScoop: The Office of Personnel Management is moving forward with its plans to provide direct hire authority for in-demand technology jobs, and it’s asking federal agencies for help.

OPM Director Jeff Pon said in a memo that the office would soon be surveying agency leaders about the challenges they face in hiring professionals for cybersecurity and STEM-based positions to determine how to apply new hire authorities.

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