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Federal civilian employees can expect to officially receive a sizable pay raise in 2024 after President Biden signed an executive order implementing the increases.  […]

The growth of AI technology is coming on at a “fast and furious” pace, and Federal agencies need to buckle in and prepare themselves for the technology’s rapid proliferation, a panel of Federal agency chief information officers said this week. […]

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has announced a new “Talent Pools” tool on the USAJOBS website that provides Federal agencies an easier way to share certificates of job candidates across government. […]

A group of Democratic lawmakers led by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sent a letter on Monday to Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja to voice its support for a proposed rule that aims to protect career civil servants against a Trump-era Federal workforce policy known as “Schedule F.” […]

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is in search of a new chief technology officer (CTO) who will be responsible for researching and determining the agency’s long-range technology direction. […]

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is directing Federal agencies to begin continuous vetting (CV) procedures for employees in “non-sensitive public trust positions,” starting in fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is gearing up to administer the 2023 Federal Employee Benefits Survey (FEBS) this fall to a random sample of 100,000 Federal employees across the government. […]

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued proposed regulations today to update the Pathways Programs to expand opportunities for early career professionals and better meet the Federal government’s workforce needs. […]

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Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Chief Information Officer (CIO) Guy Cavallo previewed his agency’s upcoming new website on Thursday, which he said is centered around improving four specific customer experiences and helping customers quickly find what they’re looking for. […]

USAJOBS, Federal workforce

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has launched two new job portals on USAJOBS to help streamline the job search for national security and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) Federal government positions. […]

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OPM Office of Personnel Management

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released the OPM Retirement Quick Guide this week to help walk Federal employees through the retirement process and know what to expect as a retirement application is processed and benefits are determined. […]

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has launched an online dashboard so that agencies have a new way to dig into the details of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) results from the last four years. […]

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The Office of Personnel Management is outlining its data goals for fiscal years (FY) 2023-2026 in its first-ever Data Strategy to bolster the Federal workforce’s data analytics skills. […]

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The Office of Personnel Management’s 2023 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (OPM FEVS) is on track to be administered in early May, according to OPM Director Kiran Ahuja. […]

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A top workforce executive at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said today that the agency is planning to roll out version one of its Federal cyber workforce dashboard in the next month or two. […]

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is driving forward on one of the Biden administration’s key technology agenda items – citizen service improvement – by reworking the agency’s main OPM.gov website so it makes more sense to the several different populations who rely on it the most. […]

AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) technology can both be used as great tools to help in Federal government hiring processes, according to Dr. Rebecca Ayers, group manager of HR strategy at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). […]

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New legislation introduced on March 9 by Reps. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., aims to strengthen in Federal law the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) role at the center of the Federal government human resources functions, and take steps to make sure that the agency’s leadership is not politically driven. […]

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee held a hearing this week to review the efficiency of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and the debate largely revolved around the Federal agency’s ability to fulfill its mission while allowing its employees to telework. […]

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