Office of Personnel Management
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Federal agencies could hire nearly 300,000 workers in the next three years, but who will fill those jobs? Last week, as the Partnership for Public Service released its 2009 “Where the Jobs Are” report at…
September 08, 2009 -
Throughout the summer, federal employees have been donating food to hungry families through the Feds Feed Families program. The initiative is being led by the Office of Personnel Management. Tomorrow, OPM Director John Berry will…
August 25, 2009 -
A reality for military families is that when transfer orders come in, family members have very short notice to uproot their lives and move. For military spouses, that usually means leaving a good job. But…
August 12, 2009 -
The head of the Office of Personnel Management says enough is enough. He says that federal workers have done much they should be proud of and pushes back against those who for the last 30 years have unfairly attacked feds. And he repeats promises of sweeping improvements to the Federal workplace.
July 21, 2009 -
By Emily McKenna FederalNewsRadio The Office of Personnel Management wants the Chief Human Capital Officers to provide more organized attention to the 3R’s: recruitment, relocation, and retention incentives. OPM director John Berry outlined these requests…
July 16, 2009 -
The Office of Personnel Management is challenging every federal agency to help collect at least a million pounds of non-perishable food by the end of August. This is one way the executive branch is practicing…
June 23, 2009 -
Same sex partners who work for the federal government may receive word today about expanded benefits. The announcement is expected to extend federal health and other benefits to gay and Lesbian employees. The State Department…
June 17, 2009 -
Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly believes OPM director John Berry doesn’t have to go far to learn some important lessons about implementing pay-for-performance. The first-term Democrat says when he was chairman of the Fairfax County Board…
June 11, 2009 -
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry recently laid out a wide-ranging agenda for reforming the federal hiring process and improving conditions for current employees. Part of that includes government-wide pay-for-performance. John Palguta is the…
June 02, 2009 -
By Max Cacas FederalNewsRadio The Office of Personnel Management is asking agency Chief Human Capital Officers, and their bosses, to take a second look at Recruitment, Relocation and Retention Incentive programs. In a memo from…
June 01, 2009 -
By Max Cacas FederalNewsRadio The Office of Personnel Management has issued new guidance to all federal agencies designed to boost the number of feds eligible to telework. Included in that guidance is an idea that…
May 27, 2009 -
The Defense Department is going to start requiring senior executives to have held positions in multiple agencies if they want a promotion. Nancy Kichak is OPM’s Associate Director for the Human Resources Policy and tells…
May 26, 2009 -
Next to the President, and your immediate supervisor, the most important person in your federal work life is probably a guy named John Berry. He’s the brand-new director of the Office of Personnel Management. Some…
May 12, 2009 -
The President’s recently released budget message maps out a number of his priorities for the coming fiscal year, among them, fixing the federal hiring process. A previous top fed at OPM has some advice for…
May 11, 2009 -
White House outlines replacement for PART program to focus on \'meaningful measures and quantitative targets.\'
May 11, 2009