Office of Personnel Management
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The government shutdown deadline is right around the corner. The good news? Congress has learned a few things from the last shutdown, bringing the tiniest bit of certainty to feds with their back pay and health insurance the next time it happens again.
September 27, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, ten House Republicans want to know why more federal employees aren't working in person.
September 22, 2021 -
For the next 22 months, agencies can noncompetitively hire military spouses to a federal position regardless of their location, according to a long-awaited policy the Office of Personnel Management finalized early this week.
September 20, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Service Impasses Panel is back to work with all new members.
September 17, 2021 -
Kaouk will join OPM in October as its CDO and deputy director for human capital data management and modernization, a USDA spokesman told Federal News Network.
September 17, 2021 -
OPM has not come back to pre-COVID levels of retirement claims processing and staffing, and like many federal agencies is still dealing with a wide swath of the workforce working remotely.
September 14, 2021 -
The Office of Personnel Management agreed with nearly all of the recommendations the National Academy of Public Administration made to the agency back in March, which described an urgent need to rebuild capacity and reshape the agency.
September 13, 2021 -
On 9/11, some feds spent hours in traffic going home. Others stayed at the office. And some were right in the thick of recovery efforts at ground zero.
September 10, 2021 -
More details are trickling out from the Biden administration about its vaccine and testing policy for federal employees and contractors.
September 03, 2021 -
From moving to the cloud to reskilling the IT workforce, the Office of Personnel Management's new chief information officer said he's drawing on a tried and true modernization playbook.
August 31, 2021 -
Budding IT professionals with software engineering, data science, design, cybersecurity and other critical skills are eligible to apply to the Digital Corps fellowship, a two-year, paid opportunity designed specifically for entry-level talent.
August 30, 2021 -
The National Federation of Federal Employees warns rising cases of the COVID-19 delta variant has led to “alarming outbreaks” at passport agencies in San Diego and Miami as well as a printing center in Arkansas.
August 27, 2021 -
A new policy from the Office of Personnel Management will allow agencies to strategically recruit more students to paid positions in the federal government while in school, with the option of later converting them to a permanent jobs in the same organizations.
August 17, 2021 -
The 22% increase in federal retirements from June to July has led to a growing claims backlog.
August 12, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, new recommendations to the Office of Personnel Management from a federal employee-run organization are trying to close the pay gaps between men and women and among racial groups.
August 12, 2021