Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Archives

In IT strategic plan, OPM highlights retirement services goals

The strategic plan discusses expected improvements to the agency's retirement services division, which is still experiencing a massive backlog of applications.

Sep 6, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

LAHAINA, HAWAII – AUGUST 16: Burned cars sit in front of a home that was destroyed by a wildfire on August 16, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Emergency leave transfer program authorized for federal workers hit by Maui wildfires

Federal agency leave banks as well as executive and judicial branch employees can donate unused leave to government workers affected by the disaster.

Aug 16, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

Data shows how agencies’ errors are exacerbating retiree application backlog

New data obtained by FedScoop shows that the governmentwide error rate for federal employee retirement application requests filed during certain months has more than doubled between 2012…

Aug 15, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

Senior Airman Christopher Smith, 56th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight journeyman, reviews a forecast at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2019. Weather supports flying units by providing Mission Execution Forecasts, detailed descriptions of the weather conditions for a specific mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leala Marquez)

OPM: All federal employees in DC area must leave office by 3 p.m. as storm approaches

OPM said federal employees will receive weather and safety leave to commute home safely and then resume work.

Aug 7, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters is shown June 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Congressional inquiries to OPM have surged

OPM’s Congressional, Legislative, and Intergovernmental Affairs branch received more than 9,000 congressional inquiries in 2022, compared with more than 3,000 in 2020.

Aug 7, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

Director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management Kiran Ahuja speaks during a roundtable with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and federal workers on Oct. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

OPM planning four-month trial for online retirement system later this year

Details of the pilot come as the applications backlog attracts further scrutiny from lawmakers.

Aug 7, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

This illustration photograph taken with a macro lens shows The OpenAI company logo reflected in a human eye at a studio in Paris on June 6, 2023. (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

The government is struggling to track its AI. And that’s a problem.

As the Biden administration teases a new AI executive order, federal agencies are still catching up with 2020 AI rules issued by the Trump administration.

Exclusive Aug 3, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil Madison Alder

OPM doubles down on encouraging retirees to use Login.gov

The announcement comes as agencies face mounting pressure to improve federal employees' access to retirement services.

Exclusive Jul 26, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

Senate subcommittee eyeing hearing on federal employee retirement backlog

Sen. James Lankford, R-OK, earlier this week sent a letter to OPM Director Kiran Ahuja noting that processing times for more difficult retirement cases have increased.

Jul 14, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

OPM issues initial list of key skills for AI-related government jobs

The government personnel agency sets out a list of 44 general competencies and 14 technical competencies that future government employees working with AI will need.

Jul 7, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones