For fiscal 2027, OPMβs Office of Inspector General named staffing losses, financial integrity, improper payments, and fraud and abuse as top management issues.
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.
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)
"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.
"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.
"Over the course of one week in February the acting directors issued three progressively more restrictive stop work orders to employees," said Terese Blanchard.
FILE - Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., listens to a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill, March 8, 2022, in Washington. President Joe Biden's increasingly stark warnings about Trump-fueled elements of the Republican Party are making up the core part of his midterm message, combined with repeated reminders to voters about recent Democratic accomplishments and a promise that democracy can still produce results for the American people. "It's a particularly strong issue for our base," said Peters, who leads the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the official campaign arm of Senate Democrats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., rushes up the steps at the Capitol for final votes before the House of Representatives leaves for a five-week recess, in Washington, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)