OPM-GSA merger

Group of current and former OPM directors and deputy directors attend CHCO Council 20th anniversary celebration and awards ceremony

The CHCO Council’s role is growing, but major recruitment and retention challenges remain

OPM is trying to give CHCOs more opportunities to offer feedback on planned policy changes, as long-standing federal recruitment challenges endure.

Hiring/Retention

House Oversight and Reform Committee Ranking Member James Comer, R-Ky., speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee regarding the on Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

OPM bill advances after testy debate, perhaps a foreboding sign for future reform efforts

Workforce

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Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director, appears before a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

First Look

OPM will reassume full control over CHCO Council, with efforts to elevate human capital group underway

Workforce

(AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Urgent attention needed to refocus OPM as federal workforce leader, NAPA says

Workforce

AP/Jacquelyn Martin

Six challenges Biden’s new OPM nominee will face

Federal Report

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What may survive from Trump’s workforce agenda, with many of the signature policies gone

Workforce

With an election in the air, government still needs to operate

Management

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

OPM Reorganization

The Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington, D.C. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Budget shortfalls obstruct needed improvements across OPM, IG says

Workforce

Updated: GSA management over OPM building would cost the agency millions, IG says

OPM Reorganization

Recent employee reorganizations raise questions about OPM-GSA merger, union says

Workforce

An American flag flies above the White House, Sunday, July 19, 2020, in Washington, a day after it flew at half-staff in remembrance of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Federal human capital — including OPM — need a sweeping overhaul, affinity groups say

A group of well-known good government organizations, federal employee affinity groups and private sector organizations are recommending a series of organizational…

Workforce

Trump taps HUD appointee to be new OPM director

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…

People

Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a briefing on counternarcotics operations at U.S. Southern Command, Friday, July 10, 2020, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Defense Sec. bans photographs being used when considering promotions

Federal Newscast

In today’s Federal Newscast, Defense Secretary Mark Esper bans photographs from being used in the process to promote officers and enlisted service members.