Office of Personnel Management
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In today's Federal Newscast: National Guardsmen from five states are helping fight wildfires in Louisiana. GSA is using the Inflation Reduction Act to make more than 100 federal buildings all-electric. And OPM says its time to drop COVID-compliance stipulations in federal job postings.
September 05, 2023 -
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.
September 04, 2023 -
More than two dozen agencies have posted their artificial intelligence use case inventories as required by an executive order and by law.
September 01, 2023 -
Although many agencies already delay questions about criminal records during the hiring process, OPM’s final regulations further solidify the practice.
August 31, 2023 -
President Biden has officially recommended a 5.2% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2024, including a 0.5% locality pay adjustment.
August 31, 2023 -
After releasing a new data strategy in May, the Office of Personnel Management is looking for innovative agency ideas to take to scale.
August 30, 2023 -
Agencies are taking some steps to make the vetting process easier, but RAND finds there isn't a cross-government approach to improving the "candidate experience."
August 29, 2023 -
A group of Democrat lawmakers urges OPM to immediately update its definition of infertility, ahead of new requirements for FEHB carriers in 2024.
August 23, 2023 -
The new guidance from OPM is meant to help agencies and employees understand when travel time counts as hours of work, versus commute hours, for both teleworkers and remote workers.
August 22, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: NTEU disaster relief grants are now available through the FEEA Assistance Fund. The Defense Department offers FEMA a big hand of assistance in Hawaii. And House Democrats say OPM's definition of infertility is unfair to the LGBTQ+ community.
August 21, 2023 -
Expanding eligibility to include technical education programs is just one of many changes the Office of Personnel Management wants to make to the early-career recruitment program.
August 15, 2023 -
For the first time since January, the Office of Personnel Management's backlog of retirement claims increased in July.
August 11, 2023 -
Although the new bill from Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) would not entirely solve pay compression, the Senior Executives Association said “any action is better than no action.”
August 08, 2023 -
The Office of Personnel Management issued one of its first early dismissal decisions in three years as the Washington, D.C. area is expected to get hit by a massive thunderstorm on Monday.
August 07, 2023 -
The Pathways Program is a common path for agencies to pay interns. Now, the Office of Personnel Management plans to revise the program's regulations and broaden the paid internship applicant pool governmentwide.
August 02, 2023