Office of Personnel Management
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The government is big, with 2 million people in the civilian workforce. It's also middle-aged. Only 7 percent are under 30. Now the Office of Personnel Managment has come out with something called the Pathways Toolkit to help agencies hire greater numbers of younger people. Tim McManus, the vice president of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, told Federal Drive with Temin how it's helping OPM develop the new tools.
February 05, 2016 -
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hit Beth Cobert, the nominee to be the permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management, with a wide range of questions at her nomination hearing. But the committee is also looking for more transparency and better communication between OPM and Congress.
February 04, 2016 -
That gap between how the public and private sectors embrace digital technology is at the heart of the most recent Federal Leaders Digital Insight Study.
February 04, 2016 -
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) is threatening to hold up Beth Cobert's nomination to be the permanent director of the Office of Personnel Management. He wants more answers from OPM about a final rule the agency issued two years ago that grants members of Congress a special exemption in the Affordable Care Act.
February 03, 2016 -
After 25 years on the job, the Office of Personnel Management's inspector general will resign effective Feb. 19.
February 02, 2016 -
Agencies have new guidance for rotating more Senior Executive Service members from the Office of Personnel Management. The rotational requirement is part of an executive order President Barack Obama signed to reform the SES.
February 01, 2016 -
David Girard is serving as lead counsel for the class-action lawsuit filed by AFGE, on behalf of millions of former and current federal employees impacted by the OPM data breach.
February 01, 2016 -
What kind of job would make you want to work longer hours? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says maybe being a wine-taster or a federal civil servant?
February 01, 2016 -
A successful transition to the administration's new federal security clearance program will take the right technology, timing and leadership, former federal intelligence community experts said.
January 29, 2016 -
D.C. area federal employees are expected to report to their offices on time, but have options if their streets are still suffering from the aftermath of the snow storm.
January 28, 2016 -
Take our informal, anonymous, online survey and tell us what you think about the Office of Personnel Management's performance in getting operating status information out during the recent snowstorm.
January 28, 2016 -
If you made it through yesterday's traffic horror show, congratulations. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asks if it was a Dumb and Dumber rerun.
January 28, 2016 -
Federal government offices in D.C. will open under a three-hour delay on Thursday. Temperatures are expected to drop into the teens overnight.
January 27, 2016 -
Federal employees in the D.C. area are able to return to their offices on Wednesday after snow forced their closure for two days.
January 26, 2016 -
Federal workers applaud the Office of Personnel Management's decision to close D.C.-area offices for the second day in a row, as many continue to dig out from Snowstorm Jonas.
January 26, 2016