Office of Personnel Management
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The decision about what comes next for Teresa Chambers will have to come from OPM, not Interior. Attorney Debra Roth explains.
January 13, 2011 -
The Office of Personnel Management issued guidance on the new internship and hiring programs. Last month President Obama had issued an executive order to scrap the controversial Federal Career Intern Program.
January 07, 2011 -
Changes to the The National Institute of Standards and Technology\'s hiring protocol will update its 13-year-old Alternative Personnel Management System. The new rules will let NIST have direct-hire authority to expedite hiring for critical functions.
January 05, 2011 -
The Office of Personnel Management sent a memo to agencies explaining who the pay freeze applies to and how it will be implemented. OPM answers several questions about performance increases, step increases and collective bargaining raises.
January 03, 2011 -
OPM\'s Nancy Kichak explains how the cyber internship works.
December 27, 2010 -
The Post reports that a draft executive order will kill the 10-year-old FCIP in March.
December 27, 2010 -
The agency is using service level agreements to help ensure hiring managers are involved in all parts of the process. VA cut the amount of time it takes to hire a new employee by 20 days. VA hopes to get the average time down below the governmentwide goal of 80 days in 2011.
December 27, 2010 -
Many experts are predicting workforce issues will be a huge challenge for Federal agencies. As part of my 2011 Predictions series, Paul Rowson, Managing Director of WorldatWork, shared what he thinks agencies will have to…
December 22, 2010 -
GAO has recommendations for what more agencies and OPM can do to recruit and keep talented workers
December 20, 2010 -
Prefunding USPS pension plans, says the Postal Service, is breaking them. Lorie Nelson, with the USPS OIG, has some surprising findings.
December 16, 2010 -
A new policy is promoting the use of unscheduled telework for employees with existing agreements when the Washington area faces weather or other emergency events. OPM also has redefined what it means when the government is closed due to natural or man-made incidents. The agency said the changes will help save employees\' vacation time and ensure the government is meeting its mission.
December 16, 2010 -
WFED\'s Jason Miller describes the new OPM guidance on telework during weather-related closings.
December 15, 2010 -
The Office of Personnel Management provides a behind-the-scene look at how Director Berry plans to handle the winter ahead, introduces a new set of operating status notifications, and looks at the National Weather Service\'s long range forecast.
December 15, 2010 -
The agency issued a proposed rule expanding and clarifying what a positions could impact the country through access to information or weapons.
December 14, 2010 -
Former OPM Director Linda Springer discusses her top story of 2010 in the DorobekINSIDER series \'2010 and Beyond.\'
December 13, 2010