Office of Personnel Management
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A draft continuing resolution from House Democrats would also restrict agencies from implementing employee furloughs, set a new fee structure for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and fund several large agency projects. But Republicans have expressed opposition to the measure.
September 21, 2020 -
A group of federal managers and senior executives are pushing the Trump administration to establish an emergency leave transfer program for employees struggling to balance their work and childcare responsibilities during the pandemic.
September 18, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, on-time mail delivery still hasn’t fully recovered from operational changes made nearly two months ago by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.
September 17, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a survey from the General Services Administration and Office of Personnel Management employees spend an average of 13% a week on work they consider to be low-value.
September 14, 2020 -
The Office of Personnel Management will allow agencies to appoint temporary employees to terms of up to 10 years. Current regulations cap term and temporary appointments at four years, which OPM said often isn't enough time for agencies to complete IT projects or congressionally-appropriated research.
September 11, 2020 -
The President Management Fellows (PMF) Program is planning to offer its upcoming class the chance to take a cybersecurity aptitude and attitude test, with the goal placing high-potential finalists in program analyst positions at participating agencies.
September 10, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers say they're ready to work with the four major federal payroll providers so they can implement an option.
September 10, 2020 -
John Gibbs, the president's latest pick to lead the Office of Personnel Management, spent much of his nomination hearing Wednesday trying to reassure senators his previous rhetoric and comments are in the past, and his three-year government career confirms he has no tolerance for discrimination.
September 09, 2020 -
President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Personnel Management is accused of 'lacking commitment to federal merit system," one of D.C.'s industry experts is leaving his high-profile post, and a congressional committee is launching an investigation into recent tragedies at Ft. Hood.
September 09, 2020 -
Despite concerns from the White House, leaders of the House Armed Services Committee think they can create the new role.
September 08, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the president has a new directive for all agencies: Cease and desist all training on critical race theory or white privilege.
September 08, 2020 -
The number of new claims received last month dropped while the number of claims processed also decreased in August, according to monthly data from Office of Personnel Management.
September 07, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Pentagon has picked five of its health care facilities to help coordinate stage three clinical trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine.
September 04, 2020 -
The Office of Personnel Management’s USA Staffing Onboarding platform beat out 39 other finalists for the Igniting Innovation award from ACT-IAC.
September 03, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, more members of Congress are calling on Citizenship and Immigration Services to delay upcoming employee furloughs at the end of the month.
August 24, 2020