President's Management Agenda

• White House touts ‘significant results’ of task force after 80,000 feds opt to join a union

  Federal unions have seen a roughly 20% increase in bargaining unit membership governmentwide, with close to 80,000 feds joining a union between 2021 and 2022.

  Unions

  March 20, 2023
• OPM lays out hybrid ‘future of work’ vision for agencies

  The Office of Personnel Management launches a five-pronged strategy aiming to help agencies better adapt to the increasing prevalence of hybrid work for the federal workforce.

  Workforce

  March 08, 2023
• OMB hires Partnership for Public Service executive to fill leadership role

  Loren DeJonge Schulman, who will replace Pam Coleman as OMB’s new associate director for performance and personnel management, will focus on federal workforce and evidence-based policy making priorities.

  People

  February 13, 2023
• Biden administration outlines more plans to improve federal services, access to data

  The White House’s Open Government National Action Plan contains five key themes, largely underscored by the administration’s emphasis on advancing equity in federal services.

  Management

  December 28, 2022
• Workforce changes may still lie ahead for federal employees in 2023

  Agencies’ ‘future of work’ plans, priorities in the President’s Management Agenda and hiring reform efforts defined 2022 for federal employees.

  Workforce

  December 27, 2022
• Biden administration outlines how agencies can measure progress toward PMA goals

  Biden administration officials point to “great strides” in agencies progress under the President’s Management Agenda, just after it hit its one-year anniversary.

  Management

  December 14, 2022
• Agencies need to do more to break down language barriers, DOJ says

  The Justice Department gave agencies 180 days to provide an update on their progress toward making services and resources more accessible to individuals with limited English proficiency.

  Management

  November 24, 2022
• Biden picks 233 civil service leaders for the 2022 Presidential Rank Awards

  President Joe Biden picked 233 federal employees across 33 agencies as winners of the 2022 Presidential Rank Awards.

  Workforce

  November 15, 2022
• Agencies have new ways to consider workforce improvements with OMB’s final learning agenda

  After implementing public feedback, the Office of Management and Budget published its final version of the governmentwide learning agenda.

  Management

  September 15, 2022
• OMB’s Coleman to step down from federal personnel role

  Pam Coleman, OMB’s associate director of performance and personnel management, will step down from her position on Aug. 19 to pursue work in voting rights.

  Management

  August 17, 2022
• OMB sets deadline for agencies to deliver future office space plans

  The Office of Management and Budget wants agencies to consider lessons learned from the pandemic in their upcoming office space plans.

  Workforce

  July 20, 2022
• What the House appropriations bill means for a federal pay raise

  With no mention of federal pay raise in the fiscal 2023 financial services and general government bill, House appropriators push forward the White House’s 4.6% proposal.

  Congress

  June 27, 2022
• Agencies advised to think ahead when working PMA goals into strategic plans

  Agencies are expected to incorporate President's Management Agenda initiatives into their multi-year strategic planning, some of which, including the Commerce Department, had an easier time doing thanks to early insights from the Office of Management and Budget.

  Management

  June 20, 2022
• USDA wants employees and vendors who can take them into the future of CX

  Getting information from a federal website or agency without difficulty is still not a reality for many Americans. USDA wants IT folks who can "speak" non-IT language.

  Management

  May 18, 2022