“In a small flourish of bipartisanship, the House overwhelmingly passed legislation to revamp federal hiring practices by enabling agencies to use skills-based assessments and real-world experience to evaluate candidates, instead of educational requirements,” Politico reports.
House Offers Small Display of Bipartisanship
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