Office of Personnel Management
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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 -
Agencies have a key role to play in expanding the number of “good paying, middle class” cyber jobs available to a more diverse range of people.
July 31, 2023 -
Accelerated by a White House executive order on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA), many federal agencies are fast-tracking a relatively new C-suite role: the chief diversity officer.
July 31, 2023 -
Agencies would also have to set up a process for reconsidering decisions that denied someone a job or clearance over weed use dating back to 2008.
July 28, 2023 -
A final rule from the Office of Personnel Management extends FEDVIP enrollment options to nearly 200,000 seasonal, temporary and Postal employees.
July 27, 2023 -
‘As easy as possible’: OPM’s new tutorials aim to help retiring feds and improve customer experienceNew video tutorials from the Office of Personnel Management lay out, step by step, a couple of key items on the federal retirement to-do list.
July 26, 2023