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Human Capital: Additional Collaboration Between OPM and Agencies Is Key to Improved Federal Hiring

Overview Congress, OPM, and agencies recognize that federal hiring has needed reform, and they have undertaken various efforts to do so. In particular, Congress has provided agencies with additional hiring flexibilities, OPM has taken significant steps to modernize job vacancy announcements and develop the government's recruiting Web site, and most agencies are continuing to automate parts of their hiring processes. Still, problems remain with the job classification process regarded by many as antiquated, and there is a need for improved tools to assess the qualifications of job candidates.

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Publisher	Government Accountability Office	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	June 2004
Format	White Papers
Topics	Human Capital Management

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