Office of Personnel Management

OPM sees slight drop in retirement claims backlog

April’s backlog is 3,077 claims higher than the steady state goal of 13,000, but is the lowest backlog level OPM has seen since December of 2023.

Retirement

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Feds heighten calls to service during Public Service Recognition Week

Hiring/Retention

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Still ‘long way to go’ after 13% bump in federal early-career employees

Hiring/Retention

OPM redefines the skills that 40K federal HR employees need

Hiring/Retention

New wrinkle on the notion of postponing your federal retirement

Retirement

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OMB holding agencies ‘accountable’ for 50% in-office presence

Workforce

NRC seeking to ‘build the bench’ with stronger HR skills

Workforce

Lawmakers urging expanded IVF coverage for FEHB enrollees

Open Season

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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

Kiran Ahuja stepping down as OPM director

Workforce

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

The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force is sunsetting, but federal employees can still take four hours of paid administrative leave to get COVID-19 boosters.

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

OMB disbands the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force and OPM chimes in on COVID-related time off.

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Pathways Program overhaul seeks to open doors to more candidates

Workforce

New updates to the Pathways Program aim to foster early-career federal talent, open the doors to more applicants and alleviate some challenges with the program.