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OPM promotes deputy CIO to top tech role
He’ll succeed the recently retired Guy Cavallo in the role.
OPM CIO announces retirement
Guy Cavallo is the agency’s longest serving CIO in the past decade.
Goodbye degree requirements? Biden administration pushes skills-based hiring for tech talent
The Office of Personnel Management announced on Monday that it will be reworking the policies around the 2210 job series — which covers most government tech employees — to be more skills-based.
Feds need to be careful when tapping generative AI for work
Human review of AI-generated outputs is critical, OPM says in new guidance for government employees.
OPM gives agencies an AI hiring playbook
The latest workforce guidance from the Office of Personnel Management covers the existing pay, leave and workforce flexibilities agencies can use to attract and keep AI talent.
Uncle Sam wants you to help train government HR to hire tech talent
Several agencies are hosting a challenge with prize money meant to spur innovation in how the government hires techies.
OPM authorizes hiring flexibilities for AI
Government hiring tools like direct hire and Schedule A appointments are meant to help with an executive order-mandated AI talent surge into the government.
2023 was just the start of generative AI’s rise, government and industry leaders say
Generative artificial intelligence isn’t just a buzzword, it’s here to stay.
Agencies have over 1,200 AI uses planned or in operation, watchdog finds
The massive GAO report found that some agencies — like NASA and the Department of Commerce — have made major investments in artificial intelligence, while others struggled to meet federal requirements.
OPM launches cyber rotational program for feds
The new rotational program is an outgrowth of 2022 legislation backed by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
The people problem behind the government’s AI ambitions
As agencies move to fulfill requirements laid out in Biden’s AI executive order, workforce gaps remain “one of the biggest barriers” according to a White House official.
OPM head previews coming cyber and IT hiring flexibilities
The personnel agency is also gearing up to recruit AI workers into the government as part of a talent surge called for in the recent AI executive order.
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OPM puts data at the center of human capital modernization
Contractors should focus on data standards as they develop solutions, a senior Office of Personnel Management official says.
Never mind the degrees – here's skills-based hiring
The Office of Personnel Management is working on a skills-based classification and qualifications policy, set to be released by the end of this fiscal year.
OPM has a plan to take its tech 'from the Flintstones to the Jetsons'
The personnel agency recently released its first IT strategic plan in nearly a decade.
NBIS says it will deliver continuous monitoring for all customers by December
The National Background Investigation Services system was initially scheduled to be up and running in 2019.
TSP participants sue agency over ‘botched’ recordkeeper transition
A class action lawsuit filed last week alleges that the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program repeatedly failed to pay out participants’ withdrawal and loan requests for months following the transition to a new recordkeeping vendor.
Senate Bill Looks to Train AI-Ready Workforce, Focus on Risk Mitigation
The bipartisan legislation, introduced last week, aims to help public sector employees catch up with advancing AI technologies.
2 Agencies Still Behind on Years-Old Legacy IT Recommendations, Watchdog Finds
Despite some agencies making significant progress, the Transportation Department and the Office of Personnel Management have not fully implemented the watchdog’s prior recommendations.
OPM’s Efforts to Spur Governmentwide Tech Hiring
The Office of Personnel Management is utilizing its authority to help federal agencies hire sorely needed tech talent.
