US Office Of Personnel Management

... the government facing “a large number of folks eligible for retirement,” and a real shortage of new employees, finding ways to incorporate new and emerging technologies becomes a priority, said Veronica Villalobos, principal deputy associate director, Employee Service, Office of Personnel Management.

In today's Federal Newscast, the director of the Office of Personnel Management said he is intent on restoring the importance of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. To listen to the Federal Newscast on your phone or mobile device, subscribe on PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts. The best listening ...

She also advocated for the administration's plan to test the waters on automation, following OMB, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Defense Department's quarterly update to the management agenda, which noted that 60 percent of federal jobs could see 30 percent of their work activities ...

Pledges to the 2017 annual federal-employee charity drive fell to $101 million, a nearly 40 percent drop from the 2016 effort, according to numbers from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The federal drive, known as the Combined Federal Campaign, is an important source of support for many ...

New weather and safety leave regulations from the Office of Personnel Management are cutting off teleworkers in most instances. The regulations, announced announced Tuesday, said that employees who participate in a telework program will usually not be granted weather and safety leave. “Because ...

An April 3, 2018, the Office of Personnel Management released a memo aiming to ease some of that uncertainty by reminding agencies that they must notify applicants of their status in a timely fashion at three critical points: upon receipt of the application; upon completion of the qualifications assessment ...

The administration wants to close Federal Labor Relations Authority offices in Dallas, above, and Boston. Shutterstock.com. Share this on Facebook · Tweet this on Twitter · Share this on Google Plus · Share this on LinkedIn · Print this article · Email this article; Increase size. A group of eight former employees of the agency ...

There are a number of ways to be appointed to the excepted service such as appointed under an authority defined by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as excepted (e.g., Veterans Recruitment Appointment) or being appointed to a position defined by OPM as excepted (e.g., Attorneys) More ...

In addition, former acting Office of Personnel Management Director Beth Cobert had her actions as the agency's leader called into question in 2016, when the OPM inspector general reminded the agency of a 2015 court decision, SW General, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Three years ago ...

Federal agencies have one year from today to identify the gaps in their cybersecurity workforces and report their needs and reasons for the skill shortages to the Office of Personnel Management, the department said Monday. The government's human resources department issued a memorandum Monday ...

The Office of Personnel Management has released a guidance to help agencies identify shortfalls in their cybersecurity workforces and develop plans to address skill shortages, Nextgov reported Monday. The OPM guidance calls for agencies to submit by April 2019 a report that details information ...

As we know, much of this was mandated for federal agencies in 2015 under President Barack Obama with the Cybersecurity Strategy and Implementation Plan (CSIP) following the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach, which still stands as one of the largest federal data breaches ever ...

Federal agencies have one year from today to identify the gaps in their cybersecurity workforces and report their needs and reasons for the skill shortages to the Office of Personnel Management, the department said Monday. The government's human resources department issued a memorandum Monday ...

The Office of Personnel Management continues to build an experienced team. The White House named Mike Dovilla as the OPM chief of staff. Dovilla previously served in the Bush administrations as the inaugural executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council. He also was a principal ...

Most federal agencies base their decision on an investigation conducted by the Office of Personnel Management's National Background Investigations Bureau. Some intelligence agencies conduct their own investigations, security clearance lawyers told Bloomberg Law. Security clearances normally are ...

When they eventually retire after a long, long career, most federal and postal workers are financially comfortable. Especially those who invested regularly and wisely in the Thrift Savings Plan. A growing number of longtime investors have seen their account values go over the $1 million mark. As of last ...

30, 2017, include the Export-Import Bank, the Energy Department, the Defense Department, the Office of Personnel Management, the U.S. Postal Service, the Social Security Administration, the National Security Agency, the Small Business Administration, the Federal Election Commission, the Housing and ...

Once fully implemented by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management later this year, PMIAA will make critical improvements to the foundation of federal project and program management policy. It will also equip the government to better address the budget overruns, ...

According to the Office of Personnel Management's first Federal Work-Life Survey, which included responses from 64,474 federal employees, only 35 percent of respondents said that they currently use telework, but those that do reported an increased desire to stay at their agency, improved morale, better ...

The Office of Personnel Management expanded its current policy on “burrowing in.” Agencies must now get permission to convert current or former political appointees to career positions in the competitive or excepted service. Before, OPM only required permission for conversions to the competitive civil ...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management is photographed Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in Washington. OPM recently changed its policy on which political appointee to career employee conversions it must review. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). The Office of Personnel Management announced Feb. 23, 2018 ...

The Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management alleged in a Feb. 12 report Health Net of California obstructed a federal IT audit, thereby violating its contract with the OPM. Here are six things to know about the allegations against Health Net of California. 1. The OIG performs ...

The Office of Personnel Management's new policy governing weather and safety leave will bring the handling of snow days for employees who work remotely in line with private sector trends, an observer said. But she warned that in order for the initiative to be successful, agencies will need to be flexible in ...

Last week, the Office of Personnel Management, in conjunction with the Defense Department and Office of Management and Budget, released its first quarterly report on how to implement the cross-agency priorities outlined by President Trump's management agenda. The document featured a laundry list of ...

The Office of Personnel Management has no contingency plan for its Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) if the market continues to spin out of control. The long-term care market has and is changing rapidly, and OPM needs to better prepare for those changes, the agency's inspector ...

The Senate on Wednesday night confirmed Jeff Pon to the be director of the Office of Personnel Management, bringing permanent leadership to the agency for the first time in more than two years. Senators approved his nomination with a voice vote. They also confirmed Michael Rigas to be OPM's deputy ...