Creative STEM Recruiting in Federal Agencies November 13, 2014 ICF International, 1725 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC Teleconference: or ; ID #; no leader PIN required. ACT-IAC is a non-profit organization. In order to best support our mission, we respectfully request that you use the first conference # listed if possible. HUMAN CAPITAL SHARED INTEREST GROUP (HC SIG) ACT-IAC Background: The American Council for Technology (ACT) is a membership-driven nonprofit organization that leads the IT community to improve government - and we're seeking more members like you to join us! ACT facilitates and encourages education, communication and collaboration across all levels of government. In 1989, ACT created the Industry Advisory Council (IAC) to foster improved communications and understanding between government and industry. Today, ACT reaches as many as 50,000 government IT professionals and has over 450 member IT companies in its Industry Advisory Council. HC SIG Background: The mission of the Human Capital SIG is to bring industry and government executives together to exchange information, support professional development, improve communications and understanding, solve issues and build partnership and trust, thereby enhancing government's ability to serve the nation's citizenry. We do so through activities focused on: Research Best Practices Future Trends Improving Performance The ACT-IAC Human Capital Shared Interest Group (SIG) is pleased to welcome you to this public panel discussion, one of several such events we host throughout the year. Please join us in the ACT-IAC HC SIG. We welcome participation from IAC member companies and government officials. For additional information on the HC SIG, please contact Bob Clarke, Communications Chair – or visit the ACT-IAC website HC SIG Contacts SIG Industry Chair - Bill Fischer SIG Government Chair – Mika Cross – (202) SIG Vice Chair – Lisa Taylor - - (202) Program Chair – Debbie Brown - – Communications Chair - Bob Clarke – ACT-IAC Program Support Specialist – Robert Wright – ext HC SIG Background

Agenda 1)Welcome and Introductions – Bill Fischer, HC SIG Chair 2)Welcome and Comments – Mika Cross, SIG Govt Chair 2) Updates from HC SIG Leadership 3) Updates on SIG programs – Debbie Brown 4) Panel Discussion – Creative STEM Recruiting in Federal Agencies Session Description The federal workforce of over 2 million employees includes over 200,000 employees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math occupations, with over 100,000 in the Department of Defense alone. These highly educated employees carry out some of the government’s most important and interesting work. The government’s ability to compete for this critical talent has never been more important, but many in STEM fields, agency leadership and human capital management wonder if the government has the tools it needs to recruit, develop and retain the right talent. Session Participants Ventris C. Gibson, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary and CHCO, Office of Human Resources, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Ventris C. Gibson is the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). At HHS, Ventris is responsible for providing enterprise-wide strategic and corporate leadership in the development and delivery of innovative and transformational human resources programs, policies, and services that impact nearly 92,000 employees worldwide. Bernadette Williamson-Taylor, Lead Regulatory Health Education Specialist, Office of the Chief Scientist, U.S Food and Drug Administration Bernadette Williamson-Taylor is the Lead Regulatory Health Education Specialist and Medical Countermeasures Initiative Professional Development Coordinator at the FDA. She Previously was a Regulatory Health Education Specialist at the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) where she developed the Public Workshops and Meetings program and served as a liaison to develop meetings with regulated industry constituents. Bernadette also served at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). Dr. Susan Singer, Division Director of Undergraduate Education Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), National Science Foundation Susan Rundell Singer is Director, Division of Undergraduate Education at NSF and Laurence McKinley Gould Professor, in the Biology and Cognitive Science Departments at Carleton. She is a national leader in undergraduate education policy and pursues a career that integrates science and education. She has participated in six National Academies studies, including chairing the committees that authored America’s Lab Report, Promising Practices in STEM Undergraduate Education and Discipline-based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering. Chris Dobyns, Chief of the Office of HR Strategies, National Security Agency (NSA) Chris Dobyns, CCP, CBP is the Manager of the Office of Human Resource Strategies at the National Security Agency, located at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The Office of Human Resource Strategies is responsible for the compensation, occupational structure, recognition and rewards and HR policy functions for the Agency. Chris joined the National Security Agency shortly after the events of 9/11, and has helped steer the Agency through various pay and compensation reforms during a period that has seen some of the most dramatic hiring and changes in the NSA’s history. Moderator James Brown, Executive Director, STEM Education Coalition James Brown is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Coalition, an alliance of more than 500 business, professional, and education organizations, that works to raise awareness in Congress, the Administration, and other organizations about the critical role that STEM education plays in enabling the U.S. to remain the economic and technological leader of the global marketplace of the 21st century. The ACT-IAC Human Capital SIG SIG Meetings 2nd Thursday monthly Gvt./Industry HCM speakers HC Topical Roundtables Current Human Capital SIG Projects Big Data Analytics for Talent Management, Industry Best Practices Effective Recruitment and Industry Best Practices Upcoming HC SIG Events Panel Discussion on Investment in Learning: Measuring the impact of training; What’s the rule of thumb for the right level of investment?; Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): What is the value proposition for Government? Panel on Creative Hiring and Retention Agency leaders to discuss best practices they are using and results they are seeing. Panel discussion on Candidate Assessments as an Effective Recruitment Strategy What is the return on investment for Candidates Assessments? The challenge for many agencies is not a shortage of applications for open positions, but too many applications to reasonably process. Are they producing a better recruitment outcome? Should Government build more competency-based assessments for MCOs and C-Suite occupations?