Kiran Ahuja
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The president picked 230 members of the Senior Executive Service from across 37 agencies as winners of the 2021 Presidential Rank Awards.
December 07, 2021 -
The agency is also building a new spot on USAJobs.gov for positions related to implementation of the new infrastructure law, and it's pursuing changes to the Pathways Program and a centralized hub for federal internship opportunities.
December 06, 2021 -
The House Oversight and Reform Committee advanced the Strengthening the Office of Personnel Management Act, but not without testy debate that covered everything from the role of career federal employees to OPM's performance.
December 03, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management released a new playbook, as well as a guide on federal hiring authorities, to help agencies surge recruitment efforts to implement the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
December 01, 2021 -
The Biden administration on Monday encouraged agencies to delay suspensions and firings for employees who fail to comply with the federal vaccine mandate through at least the holidays.
November 29, 2021 -
Some agencies are tentatively setting reentry dates early next year. The Biden administration acknowledged those dates are stirring up some anxiety among some retirement-eligible feds who have been teleworking full time for nearly two years.
November 22, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management on Friday released a new guide on telework and remote work, which it said should help agencies update their current workforce policies and build on lessons the government has learned during the pandemic.
November 12, 2021 -
The new policy from the Office of Personnel Management allows agencies to recruit and hire recent graduates without regard to traditional rating, ranking and veterans preference procedures. It also gives agencies more flexibility to advertise these positions on platforms outside USAJobs.gov.
November 04, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management is preparing new telework and remote work guidance for agencies, and it's pulling together more training materials for employees and managers on how to adapt to the "hybrid" environment.
October 29, 2021 -
The White House on Wednesday announced new steps agencies will take to better inform prospective federal employees, new hires and current workers about their collective bargaining rights — and provide more details on how they can become active dues-paying union members if they choose.
October 20, 2021 -
Employees and retirees in the national capital region raised $37.2 million through the Combined Federal Campaign in 2020, a number the CFC's organizers believe the workforce can meet or exceed this year.
October 07, 2021 -
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), chairman of the Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, said he's working on two new pieces of legislation that would improve the federal internship program and set metrics for agency telework initiatives.
October 04, 2021 -
For the next 22 months, agencies can noncompetitively hire military spouses to a federal position regardless of their location, according to a long-awaited policy the Office of Personnel Management finalized early this week.
September 20, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management agreed with nearly all of the recommendations the National Academy of Public Administration made to the agency back in March, which described an urgent need to rebuild capacity and reshape the agency.
September 13, 2021 -
A new policy from the Office of Personnel Management will allow agencies to strategically recruit more students to paid positions in the federal government while in school, with the option of later converting them to a permanent jobs in the same organizations.
August 17, 2021