Office of Personnel Management

Early-career federal job openings seeing ‘renewed and increased’ interest, OPM’s Shriver says

Larger impacts of OPM’s hiring changes are likely further down the road, but early signs are pointing in the right direction for early-career recruitment.

Hiring/Retention

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FEHB, OPM, GAO costs, Stethoscope and money on wooden table representing health care, FEHB plans.

Centralized FEHB database key to OPM cost savings, GAO says

Open Season

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Some feds continue to see fraudulent FSAFEDS deductions

Benefits

Senate GOP blocks bill to expand IVF access as advocates call for better FEHB coverage

Congress

Treasury’s Heller-Stein stepping in to lead the CHCO Council

People

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Former senior officials join rising calls for an alternative to Schedule F

Workforce

OPM retirement claims backlog at lowest level since May 2016

Retirement

Return-to-office review: Employees call for flexibility, while legislation lags

Workforce

In this Tuesday, May 15, 2018, photo, scientist Fabrice De Bond picks up a vial containing frozen donor sperm samples in a lab at Melbourne IVF in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

DoJ employee advocacy group calls for better federal health care coverage of infertility treatments

Federal Newscast

Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

Budget

2015 OPM data breach claims checks still trickling in

Federal Newscast

The Department of Health and Human Services building

HHS thinking creatively to implement new Pathways flexibilities

After a major Pathways Program update, HHS is already looking at how to implement the new flexibilities into its program, while working with resources at hand.

Workforce

OPM pauses new FSAFEDS enrollments after fraud surge

Hundreds of feds with FSAs have seen fraudulent activity on their accounts. OPM has since paused all new enrollments to try to prevent further fraud in…

Benefits

3 promising pockets of success in Best Places to Work

Federal Report

In the 2023 Best Places to Work rankings, engagement is on the rise — and there are many pockets of success at agencies that don’t always see the spotlight.