Obama Tells Agencies: Speed Up The Hiring Process

by Jennifer Ludden, NPR

The country's largest single employer -- the federal government -- is overhauling its hiring process. The move follows years of warnings that the best candidates for federal jobs were being put off by a system notorious for red tape. President Obama has ordered agencies to update a process that is literally a holdover from the 19th century.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, May 12, 2010