What’s often more important than actually making an FEHB change is simply taking a look at the options available, advises OPM Director Kiran Ahuja. We sit down with Ahuja to get a look at OPM’s focus for open season this year.
DOJ GEN’s call to OPM to fully ban the use of salary history in federal hiring and pay-setting unearths larger issues with the federal pay system as a whole.
In today's Federal Newscast: OPM is urged to disallow salary history in both the hiring and pay-setting processes. The VA is taking corrective action after disclosing the vaccination status of more than half a million employees. And the Secret Service gets some new cybersecurity advice.
President Joe Biden picked 233 federal employees across 33 agencies as winners of the 2022 Presidential Rank Awards.
Information technology will remain a top management challenge for the Office of Personnel Management during fiscal 2023, according to the agency's Office of Inspector General.
OPM is prioritizing early-career recruitment, as the federal government trails the private sector in its percentage of millennial and Generation Z employees in the workforce.
The Office of Personnel Management removed economist and auditor from its list of high risk mission critical occupations, but said more work is needed to close the skills gap for acquisition, human resources and cybersecurity professionals.
They're operating under a continuing resolution, but agency information technology staffs are working hard on modernizing.
In the digital age, federal retirement still takes by-hand data gathering and paper. Give yourself months.
As year-end approaches and federal employees think about retirement plans, here are some things to keep in mind.
About 64% of FNN survey respondents said they were satisfied with their current work situation, but at the same time, the requirement of working in the office at least once a week was a pain point for some.
Federal News Network pledges to continue the topics of coverage so ably provided by the late Mike Causey.
Talent management is inherently about solving everyday human problems, navigating large, complex systems to accomplish personal goals.
The 2022 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey added new questions about innovation and resilience, as well as a new index on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
In today's Federal Newscast, OPM plans a slew of initiatives to attract more early-career people to federal service.