Office of Personnel Management
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IRS commissioner John Koskinen wrote to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that his agency needs to be part of the budget talks for increasing cybersecurity funding.
October 09, 2015 -
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Steve Russell (R-Okla.) called on the White House to find a more appropriate and secure location to store personal information gleaned from the security clearance process.
October 09, 2015 -
Regulation changes from the Office of Personnel Management will help agencies design performance appraisal systems for senior executives. Steve Shih is deputy associate director for senior executive services and performance management at the Office of Personnel Management. He told Federal News Radio's Lauren Larson about some of the changes.
October 08, 2015 Federal employees overall are more optimistic about their jobs, coworkers, leaders and compensation than they were in 2014. But a closer look at the data reveals troubling signs.
October 08, 2015-
The 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, the government's annual poll of federal employees, found that workers felt more satisfied with their involvement in decisions that affect their work, and they felt more optimistic about their opportunities for training and advancement within their organization.
October 06, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management released the Federal Supervisory and Managerial Frameworks and Guidance, a tool the agency hopes will be a resource for employees looking to become managers, managers hoping to rise through the ranks, and senior leaders who want to strengthen their leadership skills.
October 06, 2015 -
The Defense Department is asking Congress to shift $23 million in additional funds to cover a suite of credit monitoring services for its federal workers compromised by the OPM data breach.
October 05, 2015 -
FEMA is re-engineering DisasterAssistance.gov to better meet the needs of customers during and after major events. The project should be done in about two years.
October 05, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management made progress for the fourth month in a row on its backlog of retirement claims.
October 05, 2015 -
In Federal News Radio’s two-part survey of D.C. area commuters, respondents said the concern about the detours, road closures and security perimeters implemented for Pope Francis’ visit was largely overblown and OPM was right to not close the government during his stay.
October 05, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Beth Cobert said the department began sending notification letters to victims of the cyber breach. The letters include information about the identity theft protection and credit monitoring services.
October 01, 2015 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded a $1.8 million contract to Advanced Onion to build websites that help potential hack victims see if they've been affected by the breach.
October 01, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management released updated furlough guidance. The update includes 15 new additions and revisions for agencies and federal employees and what to do in case of a government shutdown.
September 30, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management released the FEHBP rates today for 2016, detailing the largest increase in recent memory and double that of 2015.
September 29, 2015 -
The results of the 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey are out, and federal agencies made some progress in boosting employee engagement this year. But not by much. Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko told In Depth host Francis Rose more about this year's results.
September 29, 2015