OPM has until the end of the week to comply with the judgeβs order and give notice to agencies that the "loyalty" question should be removed from job postings.
"That allows them to ... honor those men and women who answered the call not only on that fateful day 25 years ago, but in service," said Stephen Holley.
A flower is visible on one of the benches at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial outside the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, on the morning of the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Jay Clayton testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing to be the next Director of National Intelligence on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
The articles in the pages ahead examine how government is balancing innovation, risk management, workforce readiness and operational effectiveness as AI increasingly becomes inseparable from cybersecurity itself.
Instead of using the Douglas factors, MSPB will judge whether an agencyβs penalty for an employee accused of misconduct was reasonable on a case-by-case basis.
For some, making FEVS an agency-specific survey is a welcome change. But questions remain about a tight timeline, limited resources and lack of experience.
In the wake of Trump's planned pay freeze, federal groups intensified calls for the passage of the FAIR Act or another measure to provide for a 2027 raise.
Without increasing AI use, agencies may be compromising the effectiveness and efficiency of the federal hiring process, OPM said in a memo to agency leaders.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The EEOC voted 2-1 to adopt a notice of proposed rulemaking, seeking to eliminate or revise several major steps of the federal sector complaint process.
FILE - The emblem of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is shown on a podium in Vail, Colo., Feb. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)