Office of Personnel Management
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Creating new locality pay areas while larger federal pay problems loom is “akin to rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic,” the Senior Executives Association said. The organization is joining with others to call for a proposal from the Biden administration to fix pay compression.
July 11, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs will implement a long-awaited pay raise for its IT and cybersecurity workforce later this month, to bring employees’ salaries closer to what they could earn in the private sector.
July 10, 2023 -
The two new portals are an effort to help agencies better target qualified job candidates and streamline the federal recruitment process.
July 10, 2023 -
The Office of Personnel Management is taking its first step to define the skills and competencies federal employees will need to work with artificial intelligence.
July 06, 2023 -
The Office of Personnel Management’s retirement claims backlog is the lowest it has been since December 2017.
July 06, 2023 -
OPM is calling on agencies to revamp their EAPs and start including even more resources for feds, aiming to support the mental, emotional and physical aspects of an employee’s health and wellness.
July 05, 2023 -
During 2022, Federal Executive Boards across the country created millions of dollars in cost savings and helped raise $33.9 million for charity organizations nationwide, according to the latest FEB annual report.
July 04, 2023 -
Three young professionals shared both the good and the bad of getting their start in the federal government.
July 03, 2023 -
OPM and DCSA are making policy and technology changes are part of the implementation of the Trusted Workforce 2.0.
June 30, 2023 -
Following earlier announcements from the Department of Veterans Affairs and FEMA, more agencies are rolling out plans to increase in-office work for federal employees.
June 29, 2023 -
Four new locality pay areas are close to final, after the Office of Personnel Management proposed rules to implement approved recommendations from the President's Pay Agent and Federal Salary Council.
June 28, 2023 -
OPM said it will be up to agency supervisors and managers to help hit the ground running to promote the new intern experience program, which includes a plethora of upcoming events throughout the summer.
June 27, 2023 -
If the extra hours of annual leave put federal employees over their cap on carryover leave, they’ll have to use that time off — or lose it — by January 2024.
June 26, 2023 -
The Office of Personnel Management is getting plenty of feedback on an upcoming health insurance marketplace for postal employees and retirees.
June 12, 2023 -
Now back from space, three NASA astronauts have a new mission: to help recruit the next generation of federal employees.
June 09, 2023