Office of Personnel Management

Resources to help you better understand a government shutdown

Federal News Network has collected documents and articles from the White House, the Government Accountability Office and the private sector to help federal…

Government Shutdown

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FILE - This April 22, 2014, file photo shows an employment application form on a table at a job fair in Hudson, N.Y. Middle-age white Americans with limited education are increasingly dying younger, on average, than other middle-age U.S. adults, a trend driven by their dwindling economic opportunities, research by two Princeton University economists has found. The economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, argue in a paper released Thursday, March 23, 2017, that the loss of steady middle-income jobs for those with high school degrees or less has triggered broad problems for this group. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

New OPM ‘handbook’ details skills-based job qualifications for governmentwide roles

Workforce

What happens to furloughed employees during a government shutdown?

Government Shutdown

Long-term care insurance information, form and stethoscope.

Federal long term care insurance premiums to increase by as much as 86%, data shows

Benefits

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

Telework and Schedule F are top of mind for NTEU’s new national president

Workforce

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OPM aims to ‘clarify, reinforce’ protections against Schedule F, but some experts say it won’t be enough

Workforce

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Agencies have a chance to propose new special salary rates, but budget uncertainty can cause hesitation

Pay

Brace yourself for the return of federal long-term care insurance options

Benefits

Hiring people is easy. Hiring the right people? Not so easy

Tom Temin Commentary

OPM retirement claims backlog climbs for second straight month

Retirement

Revolutionize federal employee wellness programs with mental fitness

Commentary

Workplace Reimagined 2023: OPM’s Jason Barke on tactics to engage employees in a hybrid work environment

The way federal employees work is in transition. OPM’s Jason Barke offers details on new tools and support available to help agencies manage this change…

Workforce

COVID-compliance requirements in job postings are so 10 minutes ago, OPM says

In today’s Federal Newscast: National Guardsmen from five states are helping fight wildfires in Louisiana. GSA is using the Inflation Reduction Act to…

Federal Newscast

Reforming federal hiring: Does the Chance to Compete Act promise more than the government can deliver?

Federal Report

The massively bipartisan Chance to Compete Act aims to modernize federal hiring — but experts say limitations in HR offices could stunt its potential, while others think the bill doesn’t take hiring reform far enough.