FDA Details Plan To Revamp Hiring, Aims To Expand Beyond Center Staff

In an agency-wide email and a report sent to Congress, FDA lays out its plans for enhancing its hiring processes to improve recruitment and retention. Among other things, FDA plans to develop an Alternative Pay Structure (APS), integrate an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) into its efforts, and develop succession planning strategies. Despite these changes and new approaches, however, FDA says its new hiring authorities -- granted to the agency in the 21st Century Cures Act -- only apply to staff...