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Even more trends from the 2023 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results have appeared in OPM’s deeper dive report, assessing the perspectives of federal employees.
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 a look during Open Season at the health care changes coming in 2024.
In a new competency model, OPM listed 33 specific skills that it said are important for program evaluation work.
OPM's overall measure of employee engagement increased to 72%, up one percentage point from the year before, and tying the government’s score from 2020 — a five-year high.
The senior leaders in government across 31 agencies will take home Presidential Rank Awards in recognition of their contributions to public service.
Agencies have so far made hires for 6,099 BIL-related positions, exceeding the administration’s infrastructure hiring target of 5,800 by the end of fiscal 2023.
The pay agent also announced upcoming plans to add two counties to the Seattle-Tacoma, Washington, locality pay area.
The hiring authority lets agencies forgo traditional hiring procedures and noncompetitively appoint some military spouses to certain federal positions.
The initiative from OPM aims to help agencies provide consistent messaging about how federal job candidates are chosen, trained and evaluated.
The Office of Personnel Management issued a proposed rule aiming to reinforce merit system protections for feds in case of a possible return of Schedule F. But some experts call for further action in Congress against Schedule F.
Agencies have until Oct. 13 to submit requests to OPM for new special salary rate approvals. But bigger budget concerns may discourage agencies from requesting or even implementing them.
Although many agencies already delay questions about criminal records during the hiring process, OPM’s final regulations further solidify the practice.
A group of Democrat lawmakers urges OPM to immediately update its definition of infertility, ahead of new requirements for FEHB carriers in 2024.
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 recruitment program.