Michael Rigas

President nominates new OPM deputy director

Rob Shriver, the associate director for employee services at OPM, will move from the associate director for employee services role into the deputy director…

People

FILE - In this June 17, 2016 file photo, U.S. Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., speaks to the new Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officers during their graduation ceremony in Edmond, Okla. Lankford and Oklahoma's four incumbent GOP U.S. House members who face challengers in this year's general election all have massive fundraising advantages and are heavy favorites in next month's general election. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Senate legislation seeks to expand early-career pipeline for federal service

Hiring/Retention

New annual leave carryover policy now in effect for federal employees, OPM says

Benefits

Dr. Cletus Oppong, who specializes in occupational medicine, is the first to receive the first round of the Moderna vaccine by Clinical Pharmacist Erin Conkright on Thursday morning , Dec. 24, 2020, at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in Owensboro, Ky.

Va. congressman wants to know vaccination plans for federal employees

Federal Newscast

Locality pay remains stable and GS system is still broken, says pay agent

Pay

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

What it will take for agencies to implement Trump’s federal hiring EO

Hiring/Retention

GSA/OPM/Federal News Network

OPM tells workforce the merger with GSA is off, but new concerns arise

OPM Reorganization

Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

House Democrats demand immediate stop to Schedule F executive order

Workforce

In implementing recent hiring EO, OPM review reveals popular federal jobs

Workforce

Agencies are rethinking performance management in the pandemic era too

Workforce

Feds are still struggling to balance work and childcare. But there’s a program that could help.

Workforce

Vague OMB guidance on payroll tax deferral leaves many questions unanswered

The Office of Management and Budget has at last issued written guidance on the president’s upcoming payroll tax deferral for federal employees and military…

Pay & Benefits

First Look

After multiple delays, Connolly troubled by ‘apparent mishandling’ of employee viewpoint survey

The Office of Personnel Management has delayed the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey twice so far this year, which has raised concerns from House Oversight…

Workforce

Trump taps HUD appointee to be new OPM director

People

The president will nominate John Gibbs, a current political appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to be the new director of the Office of Personnel Management. If confirmed, he’ll be the third permanent OPM director in as many years.