Office of Personnel Management
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New fiscal year data shows 2020 had the highest rates of telework participation and eligibility in nearly a decade, due mostly to the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 06, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, while COVID-19 drove a majority of federal workers out of the office in 2020, new data from the Office of Personnel Management shows the increase in teleworking wasn't as dramatic as expected.
January 05, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, activist group asks the Senate Rules Committee and House Administration Committee to force the Capitol Police to publish inspector general reports online.
January 04, 2022 -
Although a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow in some outlying areas of D.C. had ended by Monday morning, icy conditions were expected to hamper Tuesday morning's commute.
January 03, 2022 -
The Office of Personnel Management plans to repeal several Trump administration workforce policies focused on making it easier to fire federal employees.
January 03, 2022 -
How often does the first work day of the year during a pandemic also arrive with an early snowstorm?
January 03, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A former top government scientist is exposed for thousands of dollars in sloppy expense-account reporting. An $83 million contract might mean millions of COVID test kits in America's future. And online military exchanges are now available to a new crop of customers.
December 30, 2021 -
CDOs reported significant progress in meeting early goals under the 10-year Federal Data Strategy, but repeatedly sought to increase staffing and raise the overall data literacy of the federal workforce.
December 29, 2021 -
Actual 2022 federal pay raises for civilian employees will range from 2.42% to 3.21%, depending on where they work. See where you land based on your locality pay area.
December 23, 2021 -
The most serious discussions about possible changes to the federal pay and locality system are on hold, at least until the president nominates new members to the Federal Salary Council.
December 22, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, auditors for the Department of Veterans Affairs say the data Veterans Affairs is using to measure its capacity to provide specialty health care might not be accurate.
December 21, 2021 -
The Chief Human Capital Officers Council has a new operational mandate, and it's been discussing "future of work" policies and challenges on an almost weekly basis with the Office of Personnel Management.
December 14, 2021 -
After November's dramatic spike, the FYTD average processing rate is still the highest it's been in a year. But the monthly average is now back to around what it was in February and June.
December 09, 2021 -
The Biden administration is setting a decades-long vision to eliminate carbon emissions from federal buildings and its fleet of vehicles.
December 09, 2021 -
The president picked 230 members of the Senior Executive Service from across 37 agencies as winners of the 2021 Presidential Rank Awards.
December 07, 2021