Senate Gov. Affairs Committee investigates federal hiring in Washignton

From left to right, Robert Goldenkoff, director of strategic issues at the Government Accountability Office, Angela Bailey, deputy associate director of the Talent and Capacity Policy Center in the Office of Personnel Management's Strategic Human Resource Policy Division, John Crum, acting director of the Merit Systems Protection Board's Office of Policy and Evaluation, and James McDermott, chief human capital officer at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, are sworn in prior to a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on recruiting and hiring for federal workers in Washington on May 8, 2008. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)