OPM Says Performance Management Isn’t Working for Federal Employees
The Office of Personnel Management recently took an unusually candid look at a long-standing issue in the federal workforce: our...
Strategic Hiring to Reshape the Federal Workforce
In his OPM blog post “Everyone Has a Plan – Until You Step Into the Ring,” Scott Kupor emphasizes that federal workforce planning...
Federal Employees Begin Return to Normal
As the federal government reopens after the prolonged shutdown, agencies are now working through the major steps required to restore...
OPM’s Plan to Unify Federal HR Systems: What It Means for Employees
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is taking on one of the biggest tech challenges in government, combining 119 separate federal HR...
OPM Implements Forced Distribution for SES Performance Ratings
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has finalized a significant rule that introduces forced distribution into the performance...
The “Rule of Many”: A New Era for Federal Hiring
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has officially replaced the long-standing “rule of three” with the new “rule of many,”...
Federal Retirement Applications Tick Up in August
OPM continues to deal with a backlog of federal retirement applications, as August saw 9,416 employees file for retirement. This is a...
Retirement Applications Slow in July
OPM continues to deal with a backlog of federal retirement applications, as July saw 8,295 employees file for retirement. While this number...
How the Merit Hiring Plan Changes Federal Employment
The 2025 Merit Hiring Plan, enacted through an executive order in January 2025, significantly transforms federal hiring practices,...
New Director to Oversee OPM Transformation
Scott Kupor, sworn in as Director of the OPM on July 14, 2025, brings nearly 30 years of private-sector experience, primarily as a managing...
