Office of Personnel Management
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Most people expect a raise when they get a promotion. But for some feds in 2017, thanks to salary compression, that’s not the case.
January 23, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to look more closely at Hispanic representation within the workforce and identify barriers and challenges that prevent them from recruiting and retaining a more diverse government.
January 20, 2017 -
President Barack Obama signed an executive order Jan. 17, which sets the governance process and suitability standards for agencies and the population of federal employees and contractors. It clarifies the work that the Office of Personnel Management and National Background Investigation Bureau has already started to develop a more modern vetting system.
January 17, 2017 -
Beth Cobert has held two high-pressure jobs in the Obama administration: the acting director of the Office of Personnel Management and the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget. Based on her experience from both agencies, she offered some advice for new OPM and OMB leaders.
January 17, 2017 -
As acting Office of Personnel Management Director Beth Cobert looks back on her tenure at the agency, she's confident that federal employees should feel more comfortable in OPM's ability to protect their data.
January 16, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management has been busy in recent weeks, releasing a series of new memos as reminders to any political appointees and senior officials who plan to leave or join government during the presidential transition.
January 11, 2017 -
The U.S. Secret Service might be taking the lead on Inauguration Day, but the FBI Washington Field Office is prepared to offer whatever support is needed to the agents who will be working to prevent and protect against domestic threats.
January 09, 2017 -
With the forecast calling for snow Thursday evening into Friday morning's commute, federal employees should revisit their agency's telework policies and contingency plans to prepare for the first weather event of the year. OPM will update its website and social media channels with any changes to the government operating status.
January 05, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management published updated instructions for agencies to assign revised standard codes to their cybersecurity positions. It's one of several recent steps the administration has taken to implement the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act, which Congress passed at the end of 2015.
January 05, 2017 -
The Office of Personnel Management says it's spent the past eight years working within the confines of current laws and regulations to modernize the federal personnel system and help agencies better recruit, hire and retain talented employees. But as the Obama administration winds down, OPM suggested that future administrations should more seriously discuss reform to those civil service regulations.
January 05, 2017 -
With the the chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board resigning in less than a week, employees appealing their disciplinary actions will have to be patient as they wait for President-elect Donald Trump to appoint at least one member for a quorum.
January 04, 2017 -
A final rule from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requires federal agencies to increase their workforce to include more people with disabilities, and provide them personal assistance if needed.
January 04, 2017 -
Telework can be a helpful tool for work-life balance, but that doesn't mean working from home is an excuse to give the babysitter the day off.
December 30, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is expanding its definition of "diversity." It wants agencies to not only think about and study race, national origin and gender but also differences in age, experience and perspective. The goal is to get top agency leaders to think about diversity and inclusion as an enterprise-wide challenge, not just a human capital issue.
December 29, 2016 -
Cybsersecurity, customer service, even deep space exploration are on the list of federal agencies' Performance.gov goals in fiscal 2016-17.
December 28, 2016