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OPM busts Mobility Program myths

The Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program provides for the temporary assignment of personnel between the Federal Government and state and local gover...

Federal News Network Staff

May 23, 2011 9:08 am

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Think of it as an “exchange student” program for federal agencies, except you’re not exchanging students. You’re exchanging employees with state and local governments and other municipalities and universities. Federal News Radio talked with Chuck Grimes, the Acting Associate Director for Employee Services and the Chief Human Capital Officer at OPM. He explains the idea behind the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program, and how your agency can take advantage.