Office of Personnel Management
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Agencies have new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management advising them to evaluate how well their telework and other work-life programs are working. Several departments have opted to limit or alter their telework programs since initial pilots were stood up back in 2012.
July 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Mark Esper is poised to become the next Defense secretary. If he’s confirmed, one of his first jobs will be to help fill the rest of the vacant politically-appointed positions in the Pentagon.
July 17, 2019 -
Federal employee unions, democrats refocus their attention on getting the Senate to agree on provisions in FY 2020 bills to block rollbacks on collective bargaining, official time for feds.
July 16, 2019 -
A federal judge invalidated nine provisions of the President’s workforce executive orders in a ruling last August. But the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned that decision Tuesday.
July 16, 2019 -
The Office of Personnel Management said an IT outage impacted significant programs and mission for multiple hours last week. But a government source said the incident has been dramatized to make the case for the proposed OPM-GSA merger.
July 16, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Bureau of Land Management is setting up new headquarters out west.
July 16, 2019 -
Agencies will develop specific workforce fund plans for the 2021 budget passback, which should detail how they'll reward employees who have in-demand skills or have made special contributions to their agencies.
July 15, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Federal Labor Relations Authority and OPM said a 2018 Supreme Court decision opens up existing law to a new interpretation.
July 15, 2019 -
The House-passed 2020 defense authorization bill includes paid family leave for federal employees, as well as another legislative attempt to block the Trump administration's proposed OPM-GSA merger.
July 12, 2019 -
GSA has issued a request for information to begin modernization of legacy mainframe hardware at the Office of Personnel Management. The RFI is part of GSA's Centers of Excellence initiative, which both agencies have agreed to use to advance the merger.
July 12, 2019 -
Three members of the Federal Salary Council have made their official recommendations to the President's pay agent suggesting how to improve the way government evaluates and compensates federal employees.
July 11, 2019 -
In a letter to acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert, Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) questioned why the administration didn't warn Congress earlier about the agency's coming financial challenges.
July 10, 2019 -
A lot of people are now wondering if it's a good time to get out of government and do something else. Jeff Neal reminds feds that an ill-informed move could land you somewhere that is worse than where you are now.
July 10, 2019 -
While April and May produced record low numbers, June took a different turn as OPM received more retirement claims with less being processed.
July 09, 2019 -
Former DHS chief human capital officer Jeff Neal has some best practices for a successful transition of the security clearance process to the Pentagon.
July 02, 2019