Kiran Ahuja

Open Season Exchange 2023: OPM’s Kiran Ahuja on new FEHB coverage available next year

Whatever the reason, and whether or not you end up making a change at the end, the Office of Personnel Management encourages all FEHB enrollees to take…

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Agencies have a standardized set of skills to look for when hiring, developing program evaluators

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Federal employee engagement, job satisfaction tick upward in 2023 FEVS survey

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President Biden names 232 winners of the 2023 Presidential Rank Awards

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(AP Photo/Mike Groll)FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table at a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found. The economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, argue in a paper released Thursday, March 23, 2017, that the loss of steady middle-income jobs for those with high school degrees or less has triggered broad problems for this group. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Biden administration tops infrastructure hiring targets, eyes broader hiring reforms

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Pay agent renews calls for ‘major legislative reforms’ to federal pay

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(AP Photo/Mike Groll)FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table at a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found. The economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, argue in a paper released Thursday, March 23, 2017, that the loss of steady middle-income jobs for those with high school degrees or less has triggered broad problems for this group. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

New OPM ‘handbook’ details skills-based job qualifications for governmentwide roles

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OPM aims to ‘clarify, reinforce’ protections against Schedule F, but some experts say it won’t be enough

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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Agencies have a chance to propose new special salary rates, but budget uncertainty can cause hesitation

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Agencies, contractors officially can no longer request applicants’ criminal records when hiring

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LGBTQ+ and single FEHB participants face ‘unnecessary barriers’ under OPM’s definition of infertility

A group of Democrat lawmakers urges OPM to immediately update its definition of infertility, ahead of new requirements for FEHB carriers in 2024.

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Agencies would see broader applicant pools, more flexibility in Pathways Program under OPM proposal

Expanding eligibility to include technical education programs is just one of many changes the Office of Personnel Management wants to make to the early-career…

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‘As easy as possible’: OPM’s new tutorials aim to help retiring feds and improve customer experience

New video tutorials from the Office of Personnel Management lay out, step by step, a couple of key items on the federal retirement to-do list.

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