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A Tuesday like no other: An oral history of 9/11 through the eyes of federal employees

On 9/11, some feds spent hours in traffic going home. Others stayed at the office. And some were right in the thick of recovery efforts at ground zero.

Workforce

Biden administration details its vision for agency reopening, post-pandemic telework

Hiring/Retention

OPM signs off on new flexibility designed to rehire former employees at higher grade levels

People

Exclusive OPM reshuffles senior leaders, elevates diversity and inclusion office

Unions

Agencies are free to recreate labor-management groups while Trump order is under review

Workforce

OPM adds new continuing education opportunities for federal employees

Workforce

OPM launches employee survey initiative to update job competency models

Workforce

OPM ready to 'close the chapter' on the merger, chart new path forward

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2021 file photo, water trickles from a fire hydrant while City of Austin Water Utility workers repair a broken water main in Austin, Texas, due to severe winter weather. The winter storm nightmare knocked out power to more than 4 million customers across the state. On Thursday, Feb. 25 managers of Texas' power grid are expected to receive a verbal lashing in the first public hearings about the crisis at the state Capitol. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Workforce

OPM reopens Combined Federal Campaign to help Texas winter storm victims

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Unions

Actions to implement repealed Trump workforce orders should 'cease immediately,' OPM says

Attendees gathered at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. for the 2018 Presidential Rank Awards (Bruce Hollywood/Senior Executives Association)

SES

Presidential Rank Awards will return this year, OPM says

FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, a vendor makes change for a marijuana customer at a cannabis marketplace in Los Angeles. Voters in four states could embrace broad legal marijuana sales on Election Day, setting the stage for a watershed year for the industry that could snowball into neighboring states as well as reshape policy on Capitol Hill. The Nov. 3, 2020, contests will take place in markedly different regions of the country, New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota and Montana and approval of the proposals would highlight how public acceptance of cannabis is cutting across geography, demographics and the nation's deep political divide. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Workforce

OPM says agencies shouldn't immediately rule out applicants with history of marijuana use

Workforce

Biden names Obama-era veteran to lead OPM

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Workforce

Burrowing in? Get permission from us first, OPM says

Snow covers the ground at the White House, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Workforce

No snow days for teleworkers during the pandemic, OPM reminds feds

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Federal Newscast

Pres. Biden looks to puts a hold on any midnight regulations from the Trump administration

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Reporter's Notebook

OPM kicks off ‘break up’ effort by naming interagency team

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Federal employees who telework are happier and more engaged at work, OPM says

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OPM says it'll help agencies re-skill federal employees for jobs of the future

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Workforce

After months-long holdup, committee sends OPM nominations to Senate

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Pay & Benefits

OPM has more details on your back pay during the shutdown

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo Laborers' International Union of North America members and Culinary Union members protest outside of the Trump International hotel in Las Vegas. Inflamed by Trump's candidacy, organized labor groups including the heavily immigrant Culinary Union are in the thick of an aggressive get-out-the-vote campaign in Nevada. The election comes just as the Culinary Union engages in a labor dispute with management at Trump's Las Vegas hotel, adding more ammunition to their campaign against him. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Workforce Rights/Governance

In light of the president's executive order, agencies told to revamp labor management strategies

OPM reorganization

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Agencies see 'workforce reshaping' as opportunity for professional development, not necessarily RIFs