Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin Reforming federal hiring: Does the Chance to Compete Act promise more than the government can deliver?

Reforming federal hiring: Does the Chance to Compete Act promise more than the government can deliver?

Published: Sept. 5, 2023, 10:22 a.m.

b'Long considered complicated and time-consuming, and with well over 100 different hiring authorities, the federal recruitment process is finally positioned for a much-needed transformation.\\nBut without the right investments in time, resources and staffing, agencies will struggle to expand small-scale successes from the last few years.\\nFor years, if not decades, presidential administrations and Congress have tried to get creative, finding loopholes and other piecemeal ways to weave through the government\\u2019s convoluted, red-taped process for hiring new employees \\u2014the reason agencies have so many hiring authorities in the first place.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'