Michael Rigas

The robotics process automation community of practice will release a new RPA playbook for agencies next month. Gerard Badorrek, the RPA community’s chair, said the playbook will serve as a guide for agencies at various stages of the implementation process.

As agencies begin to review the recent results of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, the Office of Personnel Management has a new toolkit to help supervisors better understand and digest the feedback.

Leadership within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Office of Personnel Management have agreed to a broad framework that’s designed to reimagine the entire suitability, credentialing and security clearance process. New policies will be rolled out over the course of 2019.

The success of the new President’s Management Agenda hinges on the Trump administration’s ability to modernize the federal workforce, the Office of Management and Budget says.

Jeff Pon, the OPM director, said it’s time to stop trying to fix the civil service in an ad-hoc manner.

In today’s Federal Newscast, 24 agencies plan to consolidate their office space in the coming years according to the Government Accountability Office.

The Senate on Wednesday night confirmed both Jeff Pon and Michael Rigas to serve as director and deputy director for the Office of Personnel Management.

Jeff Pon and Michael Rigas, the president’s nominees to be director and deputy director for the Office of Personnel Management, will move on to the full Senate for a confirmation vote.

Nomination votes for the Office of Personnel Management director and deputy director have stalled in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Jeff Pon, nominee for director of OPM, said he’ll focus on helping agencies get the “right people in the right places at the right time.”