GAOverview: Recent Federal Workforce Changes at OPM

GAOverview: Recent Federal Workforce Changes at OPM

These changes risk worsening pre-existing skills gaps we previously recommended OPM address. In addition, the OPM Office of the Inspector ...
Retirement Processing Time Jumps Even Amid Shift to Online Applications

Retirement Processing Time Jumps Even Amid Shift to Online Applications

The average processing time for retirement applications pending at OPM jumped by nearly half to 96 days in June even ...
Update of FEHB/PSHB ‘Guiding Principles’ Includes Focus on Premiums, Usage Rates

Update of FEHB/PSHB ‘Guiding Principles’ Includes Focus on Premiums, Usage Rates

OPM has revised the “guiding principles” for the FEHB/PSHB program, a move that OPM director Scott Kupor said that “at first blush ...
OPM Marks “Last Day of Paper,” Ending Paper Retirement Processing After More Than 65 Years

OPM Marks “Last Day of Paper,” Ending Paper Retirement Processing After More Than 65 Years

Today, the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the “Last Day of Paper,” officially ending paper retirement processing for ...
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigating tax noncompliance among feds

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigating tax noncompliance among feds

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is investigating tax noncompliance among current and retired federal employees.  ...
SpaceX, AI, and the TSP: What Federal Employees Need to Know

SpaceX, AI, and the TSP: What Federal Employees Need to Know

Do federal employees and members of the military own shares of SpaceX through the Thrift Savings Plan? The short answer ...
Federal Employees Could Get 12 Weeks of Paid Family and Medical Leave Under New Bill

Federal Employees Could Get 12 Weeks of Paid Family and Medical Leave Under New Bill

There’s a new effort to get federal employees access to paid family and medical leave ...
A quick diversion on the dollars and cents of FEHBP/PSHB

A quick diversion on the dollars and cents of FEHBP/PSHB

OPM manages two health insurance programs on behalf of federal employees and retirees – the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program ...
OPM's long-planned HR overhaul moves ahead with $396M award to Oracle

OPM’s long-planned HR overhaul moves ahead with $396M award to Oracle

The Office of Personnel Management is sticking with the incumbent as the agency moves forward with a plan to modernize human ...
OPM to set new requirements to ‘verify’ FEHBP and PSHB enrollments

OPM to set new requirements to ‘verify’ FEHBP and PSHB enrollments

The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday published regulations aimed at better verifying that family members of federal workers and ...