The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

After the IRS reached a workforce of 90,000 federal employees at the end of fiscal 2023, agency human capital leaders are looking ahead to even more hiring over the next few years.

To reach the IRS’ goal of hiring about 20,000 employees by the end of fiscal 2024, Traci DiMartini, the IRS’ human capital officer, said she intends to use “every tool that is available to us.”

“We have this tremendous opportunity to replenish our workforce with amazing talent,” DiMartini said in an interview with Federal News Network.

The planned recruitment tools include, for instance, taking advantage of direct hire authority options, hosting and attending recruitment fairs and events, updating IRS’ social media and communications strategies, focusing on recruitment of veterans and military spouses, and using the Pathways Program for early-career recruitment.

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There is an outright conflict between cybersecurity and supply chain risk management (SCRM), and simply adding those together can lead to an increase in cyberattacks, a new report finds.

Researchers found that cybersecurity and supply chain risk management are in many instances at odds with each other. There are trade-offs, and understanding what those trade-offs look like will allow the Defense Department to better secure its defense industrial products supply, according to the authors of the new RAND Corp. report.

Against the backdrop of high-profile cyber attacks on the supply chains, the Air Force Research Laboratory asked the federally-funded think tank to help them understand how cyber risks compare to other risks in the defense-industrial supply chains and provide recommendations on how to have a comprehensive approach when addressing their needs together.

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How would you like the job of keeping tabs on labor relations in an organization with two million employees? Or of employee accountability? Federal Drive Tom Temin's guest isn't personally responsible for these things, but he's the main adviser at the Office of Personnel Management on them. Tim Curry is also a recent recipient of a Presidential Rank Award.

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Just because the Christmas season is in the rear-view mirror, doesn't mean you can't still give. In fact, the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) continues until January 15. For a summary of the most recent campaign, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the chair of the CFC for the National Capital Region, Vince Micone.

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Whether Congress passes a 2024 budget or not, federal agencies will continue to engage in contracting. That will mean continued protests by disappointed bidders. You can learn a lot from protests that have already been settled. For a roundup of some of the most significant protests of 2023, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish.

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This is one of the 10 interviews being broadcast this month, by Federal Drive Host Tom Temin, with recent recipients of the Presidential Rank Award. Dr. Lori Glaze is a career NASA researcher, who has focused on the nearby planets and their geologic behavior. She's currently Director of the Planetary Science Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate.

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