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Special Authority Speeds Hiring in Acquisition Career Fields

Abstract : Many federal government employers would agree that hiring a civilian employee off the street is challenging. Hiring managers agree that the standard recruitment and hiring systems aren't the quickest way to increase an organization's talent pool. The process averages about 120 days--that is, unless the candidate is being hired under the Expedited Hiring Authority. "EHA has made it possible for us to reach into a talent resource that would have been very difficult for us to penetrate without it," said Jeff Parsons, Army Contracting Command executive director. "It gives us the ability to compete for and quickly hire highly qualified contracting specialists from the private sector. It's a great asset for us as we work to develop a professional contracting workforce to support our warfighters." The Department of Defense delegated authority and responsibility for the use of EHA in 2008. It allows the military departments to "appoint highly qualified individuals to shortage category positions in the career fields...identified," according to a joint memorandum signed by the under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, and the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness.