Office of Personnel Management

Lawmakers urging expanded IVF coverage for FEHB enrollees

The FEHB program began offering coverage for some IVF-related medications just this year. But now House and Senate Democrats are calling for even more options.

Open Season

OPM, Schedule F, White House, federal workers

Schedule F is dormant, but still haunts the civil service

Workforce Rights/Governance

Federal Employees Health Benefits program

Stricter FEHB requirements from OPM aim to root out ineligible members

Open Season

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Kiran Ahuja stepping down as OPM director

Workforce

Feds can still take administrative leave to get COVID-19 booster shots

Benefits

FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2021 file photo a vial and syringes of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara Sikh temple, on the day the first Vaisakhi Vaccine Clinic is launched, in Luton, England. AstraZeneca said Monday March 22, 2021 that advanced trial data from a U.S. study on its COVID vaccine shows it is 79% effective. The U.S. study comprised 30,000 volunteers, 20,000 of whom were given the vaccine while the rest got dummy shots. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

OMB discards COVID-19 executive orders

Federal Newscast

Pathways Program overhaul seeks to open doors to more candidates

Workforce

Lawmakers push skills-based hiring for federal contractors

Hiring/Retention

OPM retirement backlog continues improvement in processed claims for March

Retirement

With ‘spying bosses’ on the rise, where do federal agencies stand on employee monitoring?

Federal Report

Biden administration working on hiring tools to help agencies compete for AI talent

Artificial Intelligence

OPM outlines how agencies, unions can recreate labor-management forums

If implemented effectively, labor-management forums can improve employee satisfaction, engagement and performance, while also mitigating disputes, OPM said.

Unions

Image representing concept of employees being fired through Schedule F.

Biden administration locks in plans aiming to block Schedule F for good

In an effort to prevent a Schedule F revival, OPM has published a final rule confirming workforce protections and appeals rights for career civil servants.

Workforce

Transgender federal employees want more training, communication around gender inclusion

Workforce

OPM’s guidance on gender inclusion is improving the lives of transgender federal employees, but those employees say more training and communication is needed.