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.
The regulatory changes effectively codify the Trump administrationβs use of paid administrative leave under last yearβs deferred resignation program.
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.
Though lifting a longstanding time-in-grade rule, OPM rejected a recommendation to set governmentwide standards for accelerated promotions of federal employees.
Steve Krauss, Sydney Heimbrock and Nathan Bailey, federal HR experts, say agencies shouldnβt treat the annual engagement survey as a compliance exercise.
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