Summary: The State Department is using a hiring process that’s gaining users across government. It's called the Subject-Matter Expert Qualification Assessment (SME-QA). State is testing it to hire grant management specialists and foreign affairs officers, and the department said it's brought on 70 foreign service officers, exceeding its goal. For details, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke with the Director of the Office of Civil Service Talent Management Kim Bruner, and HR specialist Kristen Fulcher, whom you hear first. Listen now on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
