For fiscal 2027, OPM’s Office of Inspector General named staffing losses, financial integrity, improper payments, and fraud and abuse as top management issues.
"We had two or three representatives from Agriculture, Education, Labor, National Science Foundation, and we really worked well together," said Jan Tyler.
In this image released by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, as part of a force projection exercise to Shemya Island, Alaska, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 13, 2024. (Airman 1st Class Hunter Hites/U.S Air Force via AP)
Mary Kate Whalen, the president of the Senior Executives Association, says Congress should write civil service reforms into law, starting with a new commission.
“CHRA will make a mistake … We'll fix them,” CHRA Director Karen Pane said. “In order to be creative, you sometimes have to have the possibility of failing.”
"When you lose a lot of federal government employees, especially the more senior ones, you're losing a lot of institutional knowledge," said Rep. Glenn Ivey.
The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, the Agriculture Department's research center and library is seen after employees were informed of a threat in the morning and sent home, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016. The Agriculture Department closed offices in five states after receiving anonymous threats. USDA spokesman Matthew Herrick said the department had received "several anonymous messages" that raised concerns about the safety of USDA personnel and facilities. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The lawsuit argues that DoD knew about problems with its cybersecurity practices but continued to “intentionally disregard its cybersecurity responsibilities.”
Following the judge's ruling this week, plaintiffs are still seeking to delete or expunge any copies of sensitive OPM data that DOGE agents still possess.
For employers who want to offer split schedules to hourly staff, this letter removes a significant obstacle, provided the arrangement is structured correctly.
A car with a breakdown stands on the emergency lane on a highway in Frankfurt, Germany, as thousands of commuters pass by early Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
"What they don't tell you is that public service is sufficiently complicated that it's not always obvious what the best thing is to do," said Josh Gotbaum.
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