Office of Personnel Management

  • If you lived through, or observed, the blizzard of last week, how do you think Washington did? Was Uncle Sam wise to give feds a day off, then an early-release and is it up to Uncle Sam or should federal workers be more proactive? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey hears from feds.

    February 04, 2011
  • What do the director of the Office of Personnel Management, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Washington\'s electric power company have in common? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says all three of them are having a very tough winter and it\'s only going to get worse.

    February 03, 2011
  • OPM Director John Berry discusses how the agency is using last week\'s snowstorm as a lesson in dealing with this week\'s bad weather.

    February 01, 2011
  • With a forecast that calls for freezing rain Tuesday night, OPM has announced that feds in the D.C. area have the option to take unscheduled leave or telework on Wednesday, for the second day in a row.

    February 01, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management is giving feds the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework on Tuesday due to an approaching storm. OPM says federal employees should talk to their managers now and make plans. OPM also says there is a chance of a delayed arrival on Tuesday if conditions dictate. Federal News Radio will keep you updated with the latest information.

    February 01, 2011
  • Last week’s snowstorm offered lessons learned for the Office of Personnel Management as the Washington, D.C., region faces freezing ice and sleet on Tuesday, said OPM Director John Berry in an interview with the DorobekINSIDER.…

    January 31, 2011
  • OPM and the Partnership for Public Service are offering a series of hiring workshops. Agencies still have work to do to implement the President\'s hiring reform mandate.

    January 31, 2011
  • Former federal technology officials and industry experts offered ideas and suggestions on how to make project management its own career series in the government. OMB and OPM were collecting ideas from several former, long-time agency officials.

    January 28, 2011
  • Feds will be able to enroll in the Federal Long Term Care Program starting in April. OPM also extends eligibility to same-sex partners.

    January 28, 2011
  • All DC area federal agencies are open and on time. However, more snow is on the way.

    January 28, 2011
  • Every time we have a snowstorm here in your very hilly nation\'s capital, survivors emerge the next morning with tales of the horror of their commute and the bravery they exhibited getting to and from work. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey examines the morning after.

    January 28, 2011
  • OPM Director John Berry explains the process behind deciding whether or not to delay or close government.

    January 27, 2011
  • WTOP\'s Adam Tuss and WFED\'s Mike Causey assess OPM\'s call to call an early dismissal Wednesday and a late arrival Thursday due to snow.

    January 27, 2011
  • Following Wednesday evening\'s heavy snow fall, Federal News Radio is polling feds on how much the weather affected their commute.

    January 27, 2011
  • The speed of Wednesday\'s snowstorm and the fact that some federal employees didn\'t heed the two-hour dismissal collided to form a \"perfect storm\" of gridlock on the roads, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry tells Federal News Radio. Berry says he always makes decisions on the operating status of the government by considering the safety of federal employees and how to maintain operations of the federal government to the greatest extent possible.

    January 27, 2011