By Brittany R. Ballenstedt
Pay system reform and recruiting and retaining an effective workforce are two of the most critical challenges human resource leaders across the government face, according to a study released Thursday.
The report from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and the global consulting firm Grant Thornton is based on interviews with 55 federal human resources officials from 28 major agencies and more than a dozen small agencies.
"The Partnership's first policy proposal was the creation of the chief human capital officer [position]," said Max Stier, president of the Partnership, at an event Thursday. "It's fabulous to see in this report the real collective wisdom of that group."
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