Federal Managers Association

In the News

• Bill to Downplay Role of Education in Hiring Readied for Senate Vote - October 18, 2024

• FEDweek

  A bill (S-59) to downplay the role of educational credentials in job qualifications and the role of self-evaluations in assessing federal job candidates has been readied for a vote in the Senate when Congress returns to session after the elections with the issuance of a CBO analysis—which shows that the bill would have only a negligible cost to agencies.

  The measure is one of the relatively few initiatives regarding the federal workplace to have gathered substantial bipartisan support in this Congress; a companion bill (HR-159) passed the House last year. It would expand and put into law several changes to hiring policy that started during the Trump administration that are among that administration’s few policies that the Biden administration has continued to pursue.

  To read the full article, click here.

##