The biggest indicator of the president-elect’s vision for federal employees came at his Oct. 22 Gettysburg speech, where Trump called for a federal hiring freeze \u2014 except for military, public health and public safety employees \u2014 but didn’t elaborate on how long it would last.
“He\u2019s also talked about in the regulatory area, which is related to the management issues, putting a moratorium on regulations. I think he\u2019s talked about taking away two regulations for every new rule he introduces. We don\u2019t have a whole lot of other detail otherwise on those management issues, but at least we have that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trump White House will inherit the anticipated dearth of new talent in the federal government as a generation of Boomer employees approach retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s likely that the combination of a hiring freeze combined with the increasing retirement numbers will be a Trump administration\u2019s top instruments for reducing federal workforce numbers through attrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“That\u2019s a short term approach,” said Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president and counsel of the Professional Services Council, a trade association for the contracting community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The freeze of federal hiring doesn\u2019t mean that no new workers come in. I think he would look more to the private sector, either in contracting out or bringing in new capabilities to the federal workforce.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s unknown is how much will Office of Personnel Management initiatives such as Hiring Excellence and metric-based engagement programs will figure into the White House\u2019s policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Those efforts to bring in more Millennial talent and retain it figured heavily in ongoing efforts like IT modernization, category management and acquisition reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think undergirding all of the management challenges across government \u2014 and IT and acquisition are no exception \u2014 are the challenges of recruiting and retaining talent to work on them,” said Robert Shea, a principal at Grant Thornton and a former associate director for administration at the Office of Management and Budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The acquisition workforce is underprepared and over taxed. So I think major reforms are a fine place to invest some energy, but if you don\u2019t have the talent to get the job done it doesn\u2019t matter how efficient the process is.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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