OPM

A Pay Raise for 67,000 Feds, and More

A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.

  • By Erich Wagner

Biden Executive Order Reinforces Agency Cyber Priorities

CIOs discuss how agency leadership and change management facilitate Biden’s cybersecurity executive order implementation.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

OPM Issues Guidance to Ensure 67,000 Feds Make at Least $15 per Hour

Agencies have until the end of this month to exercise special pay rates to implement a $15 minimum wage, in accordance with a Biden administration executive order.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM To Publish Rule Implementing Law Protecting Feds from Discrimination, Whistleblower Retaliation

The Elijah E. Cummings Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act requires agencies to publish instances when they discriminated or retaliated against federal workers and encourages agencies to punish federal employees responsible for such acts.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM’s Telework Initiatives Dovetail with Climate Change Planning

The agency announced a program to connect leaders from the private and nonprofit sectors with federal agencies to address climate change.

  • By Erich Wagner

Students Can Now Earn up to $72,000 Annually, Federal HR Director Says

OPM Director Kiran Ahuja said the federal government is looking to overhaul internships, telling students “we need more of you and your colleagues coming into the federal government.”

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM Sees Eye-to-Eye With Outside Experts on Its Future Role in Governmentwide Personnel Policy

The federal government’s human resources agency said it is incorporating many of the ideas proposed by the National Academy of Public Administration in its upcoming strategic plan, but some will require funding increases and congressional action.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM Announces Leave Transfer Program for Feds in Four States Following Hurricane Ida

Feds in Louisiana, Mississippi, New York and New Jersey could be able to take extra time off to recover from the storm.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM Rule Eases Agency Hiring of Interns

Under regulations slated for publication Wednesday, agencies will be able to hire job candidates still in college to temporary jobs and can eventually convert them to permanent positions.

  • By Erich Wagner

New OPM Director Committed to 'Rebuilding' the HR Agency, Federal Workforce

Ahuja says she wants the agency to reassert itself in helping departments governmentwide become model 21st century employers.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM Issues Guidance on Telework, Pay and Travel As Feds Return to Offices

The 38-page document assists agencies with short- and long-term planning.

  • By Courtney Bublé

OPM Makes Acting CIO Permanent

Guy Cavallo, who has been serving in an acting capacity since March, launched a major cloud initiative this spring. 

  • By Brandi Vincent

Senate Confirms OPM Director in Close Vote

With Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie, lawmakers installed the first permanent director for the federal government’s HR agency in more than a year.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM Finalizes Rule Easing Rehiring of Ex-Feds

Under new rules, federal agencies will be able to rehire former federal workers at a higher pay grade than when they left government.

  • By Erich Wagner
Featured eBooks
The IT Modernization Mission
Read Now

Ransomware Threat

Read Now

What's Next For Government Cloud

Read Now

Federal Agencies Exploring Computing at the Edge

Read Now

Senate Panel Advances Measures to Reskill Feds, Ban Their TikTok Use

OPM would oversee an agency-led effort to get federal workers into new jobs.

  • By Eric Katz

Feds’ Engagement and Job Satisfaction Rises Despite—or Because of—Pandemic

Officials who administered the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey warned against making sweeping conclusions about the 2020 results, due to changes in the survey's timing and some of its content.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM Nominee Sails Through Confirmation Hearing, Pledging to Support Feds and Uphold Merit System

Kiran Ahuja outlined her vision for the federal workforce and the need for the Office of Personnel Management to transform to become a 21st century personnel policymaking agency.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM Looks to Update Federal Job Competencies

Officials hope an updated list of skills required for jobs throughout the federal government will better inform federal personnel policy.

  • By Erich Wagner

OPM Appointments Mark a Radical Shift in Agency's Role

The hiring of high-level executives from organized labor marks a return to federal employee unions having a seat at the table in the formulation of federal personnel policy.

  • By Erich Wagner

Agencies Can Continue Making Special COVID-19 Hires Through 2021, OPM Says

Some agencies have used the authority to dramatically ramp up their hiring.

  • By Eric Katz

Study: OPM-GSA Merger Proposal Would Not Have Solved Problems It Aimed to Fix

A team of analysts has recommended elevating OPM's role in human capital management and making it less involved in “transaction-by-transaction compliance” activities.

  • By Erich Wagner