Office of Personnel Management
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In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management wants to change how and when federal employees might receive back pay for an unjustified or unwarranted personnel action.
October 07, 2020 -
New federal retirement claims held largely steady in September, though they were still below their levels a year ago.
October 07, 2020 -
The Federal Labor Relations Authority issued three recent decisions on behalf of three separate departments, all of which will likely give agencies more power at the collective bargaining table.
October 06, 2020 -
Federal D&I training needs a more methodical examination for fairness and effectiveness.
October 06, 2020 -
A new draft policy from the Office of Personnel Management reveals what jobs are common in the federal workforce and the qualifications currently needed to hold those positions.
October 05, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Congress makes another push to allow federal employees and military members to opt-out of the president's payroll tax deferral.
October 05, 2020 -
At least 9,000 fewer federal employees have retired this year since the start of the pandemic compared to the same six-month period in 2019. Federal financial planners say the pandemic is partly to blame.
October 05, 2020 -
To implement the president's recent executive order on diversity and inclusion training, the Office of Personnel Management is effectively pausing such agency programs for all federal employees.
October 02, 2020 -
Many agencies were already envisioning a performance management shift before the pandemic, but the virtual workplace is accelerating broader changes to the way managers set organizational goals and hold their employees accountable.
September 29, 2020 -
Multiple sources confirm President Donald Trump plans to name Basil Parker as the new federal chief information officer and Camilo Sandoval as the new federal chief information security officer.
September 28, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have a little more guidance now on how they're supposed to implement the president's recent federal hiring executive order.
September 28, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, medical centers at the Department of Veterans Affairs see a slight improvement in staffing shortages over the last year.
September 25, 2020 -
Agencies are often reassigning members of the Senior Executive Service with little oversight, the Government Accountability Office found. And the Office of Personnel Management, which has the authority to crack down on agencies when they fail to reassign SES members properly, said enforcement isn't a major priority.
September 24, 2020 -
Events designed to solicit donations to in the Combined Federal Campaign have gone virtual for 2020, but CFC organizers say they may boost participation and enthusiasm in the national capital region.
September 22, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro implores agencies and Congress to implement what he called 16 concrete recommendations immediately to significantly improve the nation’s response to the current pandemic.
September 22, 2020