For fiscal 2027, OPMβs Office of Inspector General named staffing losses, financial integrity, improper payments, and fraud and abuse as top management issues.
A long-time federal employee says the new performance ratings system is βinstitutional gaslightingβ and bad for employees and agency mission success.
FILE - Ukrainian servicemen prepare a "Chaklun" strike drone used for deep-strike operations against Russian positions in Crimea, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov, File)
"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.
The regulatory changes effectively codify the Trump administrationβs use of paid administrative leave under last yearβs deferred resignation program.
FILE - In this Friday, June 2, 2017 file photo, work is done on a home under construction in Sacramento, Calif. A measure by state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco to increase housing near transportation and job hubs faces a key test at a public hearing Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)
βCHRA will make a mistake β¦ We'll fix them,β CHRA Director Karen Pane said. βIn order to be creative, you sometimes have to have the possibility of failing.β
"Not just having IT sitting at the table, or your CISO sitting at the table, I want to have compliance, business, everybody at the table," said Michael Volkov.
"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 FLRA said more than half the citations in HHSβs brief were fictitious, erroneous or irrelevant as it upheld an award restoring telework for employees.