Office of Personnel Management
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The State Department is one of the latest agencies to launch a Subject-Matter Expert Qualification Assessment (SME-QA) pilot, this time focused on hiring grant management specialists and foreign affairs officers.
March 15, 2022 -
Administration's plan to pivot to in-office federal employees isn't so clearcut.
March 11, 2022 -
A task force established by the Biden administration has issued dozens of recommendations for unionizing federal agencies and contractors. Will it have any effect?
March 09, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department's largest employees union is raising hackles over a plan to trim back VA facilities.
March 09, 2022 -
The goal of CX is to garner customer feedback and emotions, not to develop more barriers and cumbersome protocols. The last thing organizations want to do is have their progress stalled by bureaucracy.
March 02, 2022 -
President Joe Biden is calling for more federal employees to return to the office, saying “significant progress” made fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has made it safer to do so.
March 01, 2022 -
Network visibility and end user experiences must be top of mind
February 28, 2022 -
The Government Accountability Office said in a new report that the new Trust Funds Federal Financial System (FFS) will not go live in October 2023.
February 24, 2022 -
Agencies across the board have an enduring need for scientific and technical talent, the type of people that can be hard to find. Yet many agencies fail to use the personnel mobility program, a system that lets scientific and technical employees from nonprofits work temporarily at a federal agency.
February 16, 2022 -
For employees age 40 or older, the federal workforce faces a persistent challenge addressing pay disparities among racial and gender demographics.
February 14, 2022 -
A recent GAO report on the personnel mobility program highlights the challenges agencies have faced over the years bringing in scientific, technology and engineering expertise from the private sector.
February 14, 2022 -
The backlog of retirement claims has finally broken 30,000, or 31,307 in January, to be precise. The Office of Personnel Management reported 4,577 more claims awaiting processing last month compared to December, or a 17% increase.
February 09, 2022 -
Federal managers have some help to ensure their employees are performing at a high level no matter where they are working. A new memo from the Office of Personnel Management released today, offers them performance management tips for a hybrid workplace.
February 02, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration names a top official to lead an interagency response to Havana Syndrome.
February 02, 2022 -
The Office of Personnel Management authorized the use of excepted service Schedule A appointments to fill vacancies directly in support of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
February 01, 2022