Recruitment, Retention, and Utilization of Federal Scientists and Engineers -- Copyright -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- FINDINGS -- Availability and Relevance of Data on the Federal Science and Engineering Work Force -- Management Practices Relating to the Career Work Force -- Trends Regarding Presidential Appointments -- ISSUES REQUIRING FURTHER ANALYSIS -- I. Introduction -- II. FINDINGS -- AVAILABILITY AND RELEVANCE OF DATA ON THE FEDERAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WORK FORCE -- MANAGEMENT PRACTICES RELATING TO THE CAREER WORK FORCE -- OPM Initiatives -- Agency Initiatives -- Selected Civil Service Laboratories -- Demonstration Projects -- M&O Contractor Facilities -- TRENDS REGARDING PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS -- III. ISSUES REQUIRING FURTHER ANALYSIS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX A RELATED MATERIALS -- TABLES -- APPENDIX B COMMISSIONED PAPERS -- RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND UTILIZATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: RESULTS OF A LITERATURE REVIEW -- Introduction -- Recruitment Of Scientists And Engineers -- Retention Of Scientists And Engineers -- Factors Affecting Recruitment And Retention Of Scientists And Engineers -- Personnel Ceilings -- Noncompetitive Salaries -- Inadequate Fringe Benefits -- Other Factors -- Summary -- Bibliography -- QUANTITATIVE INPUTS TO FEDERAL TECHNICAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT -- Data Categories -- Work Force Characteristics -- Dynamic Data -- Quantitative Information Sources -- Descriptive Data -- Dynamic Data -- Projections -- Descriptive Data -- Overall Magnitude -- Occupational Fields -- Agency Distribution -- Areas of National Interest -- Highest Degree -- Primary Work Activity -- Sex And Race -- Salary -- Age -- Dynamic Data -- Length Of Government Service -- Accession And Separation -- Separation Reasons And Job Satisfaction.

Quality Indicators -- Findings And Questions -- Use Of Data -- Development Of Quantitative Information -- Publication Of Dynamic Statistics -- Missing Quantitative Information -- Analyses Of Future Federal S&E Personnel Needs -- Occupation -- Salary Data -- Projections -- Bibliography -- MEETING FEDERAL WORK FORCE NEEDS WITH REGARD TO SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS: THE ROLE OF THE U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT -- The Environment -- The Federal Government As Recruiter -- Obstacles To Effective Recruitment -- The Role Of OPM -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Bibliography -- DIFFERENCES IN RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND UTILIZATION PROCESSES: A COMPARISON OF TRADITIONALLY OPERATED FEDERAL… -- Introduction -- Alternative Systems Considered -- DOE M&O Contractor Facilities -- Demonstration Projects -- Tennessee Valley Authority (Tva) -- Selected Civil Service Laboratories -- Problems Identified in Civil Service Policies and Procedures -- Navy Demonstration Project -- NIST Demonstration Project -- Recruitment Of Scientists And Engineers -- Interrelationship Of Problems -- Role Of University Interactions -- Non-Salary Attractions -- Monetary Incentives -- Timeliness Of Employment Offer -- Retention Of Scientists And Engineers -- Turnover -- Position Classification Systems -- Compensation And Pay Structure -- Role Of Performance Appraisal Systems -- Salary And Other Compensation -- Retirement -- Other Personnel-Related Problems -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- THE POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS PROCESS AND THE RECRUITMENT OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS -- The Pressures Of Transition -- Impediments To Recruiting The Best And Brightest -- Quality and the Number of Political Appointees -- The Special Case of Scientists and Engineers -- The Role of Leadership and Vision -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

APPENDIX C WORKSHOP ON RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS -- AGENDA WORKSHOP ON THE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF… -- PARTICIPANTS WORKSHOP ON THE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS NATIONAL ACADEMY… -- Federal Agencies -- Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government -- NAS/NRC/IOM -- Others -- PROCEEDINGS WORKSHOP ON THE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND UTILIZATION OF FEDERAL SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF… -- Opening Remarks and Review of Previous Studies -- Quantitative Inputs to Federal Technical Personnel Management -- Do Needed Data Exist? -- Findings -- Recommendations -- Discussion -- Reliability of the Data -- Usefulness of the Data -- Timeliness of the Data -- Coordination of Data-Collection Efforts -- Conclusions -- Meeting Federal Work Force Needs With Regard to Scientists and Engineers: The Role of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management -- Discussion -- Need for More Personnel -- Competition with Other Employment Sectors -- Other Problems -- Decentralization -- Hiring Authority -- Flexibility -- The Federal Employees Retirement System -- Future Projections -- Differences in Recruitment, Retention, and Utilization Processes: A Comparison of Traditionally Operated Federal… -- Discussion -- Demonstration Projects -- M&O Facilities -- Other Possible Solutions -- Responding to Compensation Concerns -- The Political Appointments Process and the Recruitment of Scientists and Engineers -- Discussion -- Problems Associated with Unfilled Positions -- Quality of Presidential Appointees -- Tenure of Presidential Appointees -- Fixed Term of Office -- Designated Positions -- General Discussion -- Constraints -- Past Initiatives To Recruit Scientists and Engineers.

Future Initiatives.