Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Agencies ...

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As agencies work to optimize resources, strengthen mission delivery, and improve operational efficiency, strategic workforce planning has become essential—not optional. Federal leaders are ...

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Senate Democrats again urged the Trump administration Wednesday to abandon its plans to collect detailed health information from federal workers, retirees and their families, saying recent tweaks to ...

A final rule (91 FR 41521) took effect August 6, 2026. However, compliance with 5 CFR 430.208(e)(1) and (2) is not required until January 1, 2027. Agencies completing FY2026 appraisals may continue ...

July already marked a fifth straight month of decline in the OPM retirement backlog, but August turned into something else entirely: the total inventory of retirement claims at the Office of Personnel ...

Employment attorneys say workers' new right to access personnel files may alter prelitigation information sharing, while New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is pointing to unresolved questions over the new law ...

Federal employees’ performance ratings will now be the top consideration during future reductions in force, as a final rule from the Office of Personnel Management takes full force this month. OPM’s ...

New reduction-in-force rules that eliminate the decades-old practice of “bump and retreat” took effect on September 2, 2026, changing how federal agencies decide which federal employees keep their ...

In contrast to the rapid personnel actions and executive orders that defined 2025, efforts from the Office of Personnel Management this year appear to be focused on making deeper, more long-term ...