Office of Personnel Management
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In an effort to prevent a Schedule F revival, OPM has published a final rule confirming workforce protections and appeals rights for career civil servants.
April 04, 2024 -
OPM's guidance on gender inclusion is improving the lives of transgender federal employees, but those employees say more training and communication is needed.
March 28, 2024 -
A rulemaking petition calls on OPM to establish a clear, standardized process anytime federal officials may be considering agency relocations.
March 26, 2024 -
Congressional appropriators lay out six new agency reporting requirements on federal telework and return-to-office in the 2024 government spending agreement.
March 21, 2024 -
The Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Housing and Urban Development are two agencies making small HR adjustments to try to make a big impact.
March 20, 2024 -
For civil service reform, agencies should use lessons learned from workforce pilots at other agencies, according to a recent report from Convergence.
March 19, 2024 -
After decades of annual pay caps, wages for blue-collar feds in 75% of Federal Wage System localities no longer align with "prevailing" local rates.
March 15, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administration is eyeing more investments for federal early-career hiring in fiscal 2025.
March 15, 2024 -
OPM’s request for $465.8 million in discretionary fiscal 2025 spending looks to scale up development of early-career talent, the HR workforce and more.
March 14, 2024 -
Ahead of Open Season this fall, USPS employees and annuitants are getting a better idea of what options will be available to them in plan year 2025.
March 13, 2024 -
Along with a proposed 2% federal pay raise for 2025, the Biden administration is looking at reforms for federal firefighters, as well as FAA and TSA employees.
March 11, 2024 -
OMB is also setting government job qualification standards for evaluation expert positions across the federal government.
March 11, 2024 -
Employees at SSA now have a little more telework flexibility after the agency signed a new memorandum of understanding with one of its unions.
March 08, 2024 -
OPM also saw improvements for the average retirement claims processing time for February, reaching 47 days, setting a new record.
March 07, 2024 -
Along with promoting apprenticeships, the new executive order re-establishes labor-management forums between federal unions and agency managers.
March 06, 2024