Tuesday, July 22, 2008

HR leaders have transition on their minds

By Brittany R. Ballenstedt

Federal human resources leaders face somewhat different challenges than they did one year ago, a change that is attributed largely to a pending change in administration, an authority on the federal workforce said on Wednesday.

Katie Malague, senior program manager for the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, said chief human capital officers across government are thinking ahead to the HR changes that could come with new national leadership. She spoke to an audience at the Government HR Innovations 2008 conference hosted by the Performance Institute, an Arlington, Va.-based think tank.

The Partnership is halfway through conducting interviews for its new chief human capital officer survey, to be released in December or January. The 2007 report cited pay reform and recruiting among the top issues.

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