Hiring Preferences for People With Disabilities

Implementing hiring preferences for people with disabilities can benefit those individuals while also improving the government workforce.

Conflict Isn’t the Enemy: Tips for Difficult Conversations

In a recent GovLoop Supervisors CoP discussion, speaker Ria Balbos-Jordan explained how healthy conflict can actually be a good thing.

Hiring Practices That Help People With Disabilities Contribute Their Talents

Learn about hiring approaches that help disabled individuals contribute their talents.

Employing People With Disabilities: How Type of Disability Matters — Part 2

People with disabilities, and particularly autistic individuals, struggle with lower employment rates and incomes compared to people who are disability-free.

Employing People With Disabilities — Part 1

Even when people with disabilities have at least a college degree, they are employed much less frequently than people without disabilities with comparable education.

Imagining Non-Human Resources (NHR) in an AI-Enabled Work Environment

What if AI can be a beneficiary as well as a benefit? This article imagines what it might look like to manage AI agents as (Non-)Human Resources.

The Talent Crisis No System Can Ignore: Why Federal HR 2.0 Can’t Succeed Without AI

An initiative to consolidate the federal government’s more than 100 disparate HR systems is long overdue, but technology alone isn’t enough. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, says one Featured Contributor, to create a human-centered, AI-enabled federal HR system designed for current workforce challenges, not for administrative problems that troubled government in the past.

“She Wants the Titles to Be in Red.”

Artificial intelligence (AI) can alleviate the frustrating parts of your job and augment your current abilities. But there are areas that should remain AI-free.

From Compliance to Capability: Turning Workforce Constraints Into Strategic Advantage

In 2026, public-sector workforce challenges are structural, not temporary, requiring agencies to move beyond traditional staffing models toward intentional workforce architecture. Rather than focusing solely on headcount and hiring pipelines, leading organizations are designing capability systems that align roles, skills, workflows, and technology directly to mission outcomes.

Talent Velocity: How Governments Can Break the Bureaucracy Bandwidth Barrier

Government leaders face a growing gap between mission urgency and the speed at which talent can be mobilized. Enter the concept of talent velocity.