Office of Personnel Management
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Leave has been a hot commodity for federal employees in the pandemic. Congress has made a handful of attempts to add, preserve or clarify paid leave for feds during the health crisis. Now, there's a new effort.
February 15, 2021 -
Agencies are turning more and more to direct hire authorities instead of the usual competitive hiring procedures to bring on new talent to government, a recent study from the Merit Systems Protection Board finds.
February 12, 2021 -
Much of the federal workforce is teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Office of Personnel Management wants employees to brush up on the agency's early dismissal and closure policies as the winter season continues.
February 11, 2021 -
In January 2021, 13,850 federal employees retired, driving the retirement backlog up to 26,968, the highest it's been since April of 2013, when it sat at just above 30,000.
February 08, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Maryland and Virginia Democrats say federal employees should have the option of taking administrative leave to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
February 08, 2021 -
A recent survey finds 57% of federal employees and 70% of senior executives are feeling burnout, in part, due to the pandemic.
February 08, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, one member of Congress wants the Defense Department to start looking at social media posts as part of the security clearance process.
February 03, 2021 -
The Biden administration quickly eliminated many of its predecessors' signature federal workforce policies. With the Schedule Fs and diversity/inclusion training bans gone, is there anything left from the Trump agenda to build on?
February 01, 2021 -
The Trump administration left open more non-competitive positions near the end of its four years in office compared to the two previous terms. Some of those vacancies persisted, with the tenure of acting leadership outlasting that of permanent appointees at several key positions.
January 27, 2021 -
Agencies have new guidance for implementing the president's new mask mandate from the Office of Management and Budget. According to the new guidance, "every effort will be made to maximize the use of remote work."
January 25, 2021 -
President Joe Biden took executive action Friday to repeal at least four Trump-era executive orders that limited collective bargaining and stripped certain job protections from career federal employees.
January 22, 2021 -
There is much to be done to restore trust in our government and the people who make it work. Commentator Jeff Neal says we can start by filling the gaping holes in some agencies, so our agencies are staffed to do their work.
January 20, 2021 -
The National Treasury Employees Union said it will push agencies at the bargaining table, as well as the new administration and Congress through legislation or new policy, to consider making telework arrangements and remote work programs permanent.
January 18, 2021 -
Doctor visits, vaccinations and other preventative screenings were down significantly among participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program during the first eight months of 2020. The Office of Personnel Management's inspector general worries those trends could cost participants in the long run.
January 18, 2021 -
A coalition of agencies led by the Office of Personnel Management is putting out a governmentwide call to hire data scientists at a faster pace than what would normally happen under the federal hiring system.
January 15, 2021