From: FCW
By Chase Gunter
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Specifically, he pointed to the need to get cybersecurity specialists and STEM skillsets into government, and “we’re going to be making a big push” for agencies in need of tech, defense and intelligence “having a lot more hire authority.”
Pon said the direct hire authority the Department of Homeland Security has been using “seems to be working,” adding, “why wouldn’t I have, as the director of OPM, the power to actually do that for the rest of government?”
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