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 OPM & Policy

  1. The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government. JEWEL SAMAD/Jewel Samad / AFP

    Obama orders gender pay gap study

    The White House on Friday ordered agencies to start studying ways to narrow the pay gap between men and women in the federal government.

    • May. 10, 2013
  2. Patrick McFarland, Office of Personnel Management inspector general, left, and Kenneth Zawodny, OPM associate director of retirement services, testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on federal workforce. OPM is failing to chase down suspected pension fraud in its quest to speed up pension processing, McFarlan said Thursday. Thomas Brown / Staff

    IG frustrated by OPM's handling of improper payments to dead retirees

    The Office of Personnel Management is failing to chase down suspected pension fraud in its quest to speed up pension processing, the agency's inspector general testified Thursday.

    • May. 9, 2013

  3. Pension accuracy slips as OPM picks up pace

    The accuracy of the Office of Personnel Management's calculation of new federal pensions has slipped as it has worked to speed up its retirement processes, the agency's inspector general is set to testify Thursday.

    • May. 8, 2013

  4. Sequester Changes Rules on DoD Contractor Background Reinvestigations

    Citing sequester and budget challenges, the arm of the Defense Department overseeing security clearances for contractors is cutting how much time people have to request so-called periodic reinvestigations.

    • May. 7, 2013

  5. As OT cuts loom, OPM processes 13K pensions

    The Office of Personnel Management in April processed its third-highest number of federal pension claims.

    • May. 6, 2013

  6. Government employees celebrate Public Service Recognition Week

    Federal, state and local government employees celebrate Public Service Recognition Week this year from May 5-11.

    • May. 3, 2013
  7. OPM

    OPM to begin charging CFC charities an application fee in 2015

    The Office of Personnel Management plans to charge charities a first-ever application fee starting in 2015 to join the Combined Federal Campaign, according to fine print contained in its recently released budget request for next year.

    • May. 1, 2013
  8. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has rebuffed calls to give the military services the flexibility to reduce or eliminate furloughs for civilian workers on their own. Jim Watson / AFP

    Hagel: Furloughs must be consistent across DoD

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has rebuffed calls to give the military services the flexibility to reduce or eliminate furloughs for civilian workers on their own.

    • Apr. 30, 2013
  9. Associate Director of Retirement Services Ken Zawodny said the steep budget cuts forced OPM to suspend overtime for employees in his division. Office of Personnel Management

    Sequester forces OPM to cut pension overtime

    The Office of Personnel Management announced Monday it has suspended all overtime for its employees working on processing federal retirees' pensions.

    • Apr. 29, 2013
  10. NASA has been ranked the most innovative large agency for three consecutive years in an analysis by the Partnership for Public Service. Pictured: NASA employees celebrate as the first pictures appear on screen after a successful landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover on Aug. 5. Brian van der Brug/Getty Images, pool

    Feds feel less empowered to innovate, survey finds

    Most federal employees look for ways to be innovative and do their jobs better, but an increasing number of feds don't feel empowered to do that, according to a new analysis by the Partnership for Public Service.

    • Apr. 29, 2013

  11. CFC pledges fell 6% last year

    Combined Federal Campaign pledges fell to $257.2 million in 2012, down more than $15 million — about 6 percent — from the preceding year, according to new federal figures.

    • Apr. 19, 2013
  12. President Obama leaves the Oval Office on April 8 in Washington, D.C. Obama signed legislation Monday that blocks the online posting of personal financial-disclosure statements of thousands of federal executives. Alex Wong / Getty Images

    Obama signs law to halt online posting of executives’ financial forms

    President Obama signed legislation Monday that blocks the online posting of personal financial-disclosure statements of thousands of federal executives.

    • Apr. 15, 2013
  13. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Thursday announced he will step down when his four-year term expires at the end of this week. Office of Personnel Management

    OPM chief Berry stepping down this week

    Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Thursday announced he will step down when his four-year term expires at the end of this week.

    • Apr. 11, 2013
  14. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry Alex Wong / Getty Images

    Retirement numbers continue outpacing projections

    More than 10,000 federal employees submitted retirement claims in March — more than twice as many as the government expected.

    • Apr. 5, 2013
  15. Tom McKinney, a 20-year NARFE member who has been raising the alarm about the unfunded liability in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, will be resigning from the organization. Staff

    Prominent NARFE member quits over pension concerns

    Retired Army auditor Tom McKinney thinks a financial bomb is ticking in the federal employee pension system. And after waging an unsuccessful six-year campaign to get the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association to take on what he thinks is a serious problem, McKinney — a 20-year NARFE member and one of the group’s chapter presidents in Dunwoody, Ga. — on Wednesday announced his resignation from the organization.

    • Apr. 5, 2013

  16. OPM proposes CFC reforms

    The Office of Personnel Management on April 8 will officially propose a slate of reforms it hopes will overhaul the ailing Combined Federal Campaign.

    • Apr. 5, 2013
  17. Senior Executives Association President Carol Bonosaro Staff file photo

    Panel urges halt to online posting of feds’ financial forms

    A congressionally chartered panel is urging lawmakers to halt plans to require that agencies post online the personal financial disclosure statements of thousands of federal employees.

    • Mar. 28, 2013
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