Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Hiring is high on new OPM director's agenda

By Alyssa Rosenberg
September 16, 2008

During his first press briefing on Monday, the government's new personnel chief said one of his priorities is ensuring that agency leaders take responsibility for workforce issues, including the hiring process.

"I think that each agency, they have to be totally accountable for human capital," said Michael Hager, director of the Office of Personnel Management. "There's only one thing that makes everything function, and that's human capital... The leadership at the top absolutely owns it."

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