Engaging Leaders in Knowledge #2

The work of the United States federal government has a real effect on people’s lives. The American people deserve a highly effective government that in turn requires an engaged, well-prepared, and well-trained workforce. However, the federal government faces two immediate challenges: preparing for retirements in order to maximize knowledge transfer from one generation to the next, and hiring and developing the next generation of civil servants to successfully complete the varied and challenging missions of the federal government .

The NASA APPEL Engaging Leaders in Knowledge (ELK) series is sponsoring a panel on "Developing Talent in the Federal Workforce" Thursday, February 28, 2013 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. This event is the second in NASA APPEL's Engaging Leaders in Knowledge (ELK) series, and will address the relationship between workforce development and organizational success. This ELK session will consist of a keynote presentation delivered by Terry Cooke-Davis of Human Systems International. The keynote presentation would be followed by a moderated panel discussion featuring representatives from NASA, OPM, and the FBI.

Register for this event at: http://www.cvent.com/d/kcqrbh
Registrants will be able to view the event via Ustream.

Event participants include:

• Jeri L. Buchholz, NASA Assistant Administrator for Human Capital Management
• Terry Cooke-Davies, Group Chairman, Human Systems International
• G. Clayton Grigg, Chief Knowledge Officer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Dr. Edward J. Hoffman, NASA Chief Knowledge Officer and APPEL Director
• Kathryn Medina, Executive Director, Chief Human Capital Officers Council, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Topics covered in this event include:

• The roles knowledge management and workforce development play in the success of federal agencies;
• Knowledge management and workforce development practices that support federal agency success at an affordable price;
• What good practice look like when it comes to talent development at the federal agencies;
• What approaches federal agencies take to develop workforce talent; and
• Ways in which NASA might apply these practices and approaches to its own projects.