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OPM clarifies statements on retirement projections

The Office of Personnel Management now says it will continue to make retirement projections that forecast the potential number of retirees that leave government service each year.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , OMB , Paul Taylor , Pew Research Center , Federal employee retirement

Tuesday - 09/29/2009, 01:15pm EDT

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OPM no longer to project federal retirements

Agency spokesman says past projections haven't held up well. The decision by OPM reverses years of projections that found federal employees were expected to retire in great numbers.

Tags: pay and benefits , Edmund Byrnes , OPM , OMB , Paul Taylor , Pew Research Center , Federal employee retirement

Monday - 09/28/2009, 01:31pm EDT

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Can you SAVE the government?

OMB wants federal employees to submit ideas for how to reduce spending and make agency services more efficient. The winner will present their idea to the President and it will be included in the 2011 budget.

Tags: mngt , Jeffrey Zients , President Obama , Ken Baer , OMB , DoJ , SAVE Awards

Wednesday - 09/23/2009, 08:57am EDT

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OMB's FY10 Mid-Session Budget Review - What's Different, What's Missing?

What's missing and what's different from a standard, annual federal report is often just as telling as what is included in the report.

Tags: OMB , FY10 Budget , Jim Nussle , Barack Obama

Tuesday - 09/01/2009, 07:40am EDT

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White House wants 2011 budgets to reflect science and tech priorities

The White House wants agencies to shift priorities as they develop their fiscal 2011 budget submissions to focus more on the administration's science and technology priorities.

Tags: technology , mngt , John Holdren , White House , Office of Science and Technology Policy , OMB , budget

Wednesday - 08/05/2009, 11:31am EDT

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OPM to create pools of qualified applicants

Every agency will have access to hire candidates from database. Several other hiring reforms in the works, OPM says.

Tags: pay and benefits , John Berry , Jennifer Mason , Justin Johnson , OPM , OMB , hiring reform , SWAT team , Wellness

Tuesday - 06/30/2009, 02:40pm EDT

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Congress joins OMB in effort to cut agency programs

Speaker Nancy Pelosi asks committee chairmen to recommend budget cuts by early June. Experts say history does not bode well for any real reductions or terminations.

Tags: mngt , President Barack Obama , Rep. Nancy Pelosi , OMB , White House , GAO , George Washington University , Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget , Phil Joyce , Marc Goldwein , PART