The director of the Office of Personnel Management said he wants to restore the importance of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. Jeff Pon has asked agency and department heads to put very senior level representatives on the council that strategizes human resource policy for government employees.
The Air Force is using interview hubs and other tactics to cut back on security clearance wait times.
The Office of Personnel Management's inspector general says the agency needs a contingency plan to address risks in the long-term care insurance market.
Performance management is a serious focus for all agencies during the next two years.
Performance feedback, training and employee well-being are under review by managers, according to the deputy associate director for the Senior Executive Service and Performance Management.
In today's Federal Newscast, after spending 2017 with low budgets, the head of the Coast Guard says his service is now punching at the middleweight class.
OPM is adding new employee regulations in line with the Administrative Leave Act of 2016.
The Trump administration is also considering a move of another Office of Personnel Management program, HR Solutions. Multiple sources say the administration wants to move HR Solutions to the General Services Administration.
The Office of Personnel Management stepped up its game in March, processing 13,262 retirement claims, the highest amount for a single month in years.
In today's Federal Newscast, over 3,100 employees send a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking he cancel a Defense Department pilot program which uses the company's technology.
The federal government has been reorganized many times under new presidential administrations, and not always for the better.
Feds would all be better off if they recognize the differences and the similarities between D.C. and field employees, but commentator Jeff Neal is not optimistic that will happen any time soon.
Presidents love to reform the government for a variety of reasons. But career Senior Executive Service members knows where the levers of power are, and how to get things done.
What does the Senior Executives Association think about President Donald Trump's plans to reform the civil service system? Find out when SEA President Bill Valdez joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. April 4, 2018
Jeff Pon, the OPM director, said it's time to stop trying to fix the civil service in an ad-hoc manner.