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Federal Modernization Workbook

For the CHCO: HR 2.0 and the Contractor Source

A one-page brief for the meeting that approves the pre-flight

A one-page brief for the chief human capital officer: why Federal HR 2.0 onboarding is the moment to add the identity feed, when that window closes, and why contractors need a source of their own. Word download included.

One of four reader briefs that expand the pitches in Making the Case at Your Agency. Hand it over before the meeting, with The One-Page Ask.

Download	Use
Brief_for_the_CHCO.docx	The brief below, one page, with your numbers to fill in

Design guidance

The pitch and the framing are this workbook’s design guidance. The facts come from the chapters under Go deeper, where each is footnoted to its primary source. The Federal HR 2.0 facts are as of October 20, 2026 and they change, so check them with the HR 2.0 program office.

The brief

The point: the agency doesn’t choose whether to implement Federal HR 2.0. It does choose whether identity rides along. Onboarding is the cheapest moment it will get, and adding the feed afterward means reopening connections that are already live.

The window

When	What happens
Onboarding, months 1 to 5	The agency designs its new connections. Name the identity feed among them.
About month 5	Interconnections go live, and the window closes.
Months 6 to 8	User acceptance testing in shadow mode, then data migration and cutover at about month 8.

The months come from the memo’s sample timeline of about eight months. They’re a planning assumption, so confirm your agency’s milestones with the HR 2.0 program office.

The contractor source

Federal HR 2.0 is a program for federal employees. Contractors and vendors aren’t in it, so they need a source of their own, and onboarding is the right time to choose it. The options are Core HCM contingent workers, the PIV sponsorship system, the agency’s contractor suitability register, or a combination with one authority per fact.

Who decides what

HR decides what the workforce attributes mean. Identity engineering decides how they flow.

What we ask of you

Name the identity feed as one of the integration points, before interconnections go live.
Decide the contractor and vendor source.
Name the HR business owner who decides what the attributes mean.
Support the four-week pre-flight.

Our numbers

Federal HR 2.0 wave and dates: [wave, dates] Contractors outside the HR system: [count]

Go deeper

Topic	Chapter
The Federal HR 2.0 program facts	Book 03, Chapter 03
Why this is the opportunity, not the project	Book 03, Chapter 03
What HR provides, and what identity does	Book 03, Chapter 02
Naming the feed and deciding the contractor source, in the HR-driven identity track’s Phases 0 and 1	Book 03, Chapter 12

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Version and revision history

Version 2.0, in edition 2026.11.5 (November 8, 2026). Every edition is kept on the Archive page; every change between editions is in the commit history.

Versions of this guide, newest first
Version	Edition	Date	Changes
2.0	2026.11.5	2026-11-08	Release 2.0, the baseline: checked against every other book; Draft becomes Baseline; Meeting pack: The One-Page Ask, Charter Sign-Off Sheet and four reader briefs (#390); Approve 116 gated pages (Nov 7); fix RMF map stale-review test (#457); Release 2.0: Draft becomes Baseline (#491)