OPM Gives Agencies Guidance for a New Program to Rotate Cybersecurity Employees

Article Title: OPM Gives Agencies Guidance for a New Program to Rotate Cybersecurity Employees
Snippet of Article: "...implement the new Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program, meant to give government employees working in cybersecurity the opportunity to take details at other agencies. The program comes from a bipartisan law passed last year. The new program comes as the government and industry continue to contend with a shortage of cybersecurity workers. In 2022, there were 755,743 job openings for cybersecurity professionals nationwide, according to Cyberseek, a tool backed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST. In the public sector, there were 45,708 openings. ..."

Source: www.govexec.com

[tag] Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program,federal employment,Cyber Jobs,OPM, [/tag]

OPM Proposes Changes to Probation, Special Hiring Authorities

Article Title: OPM Proposes Changes to Probation, Special Hiring Authorities
Snippet of Article: "...Federal employees would not gain full appeal rights until they have completed their probationary periods regardless of the..."

Source: www.fedweek.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, Probation, Special Hiring Authorities, [/tag]

Trump’s Pick to Lead OPM Has an Unusual Management Record for the Job

Article Title: Trump’s Pick to Lead OPM Has an Unusual Management Record for the Job
Snippet of Article: "...the announcement turned heads among those who once worked at the FLRA, the independent agency tasked with handling labor-management disputes. Former officials at the agency were puzzled that the White House would nominate someone to the government's top HR position whose previous executive branch leadership experience was marked by an exodus of employees and ballooning case backlog. Morale at the agency, as measured by governmentwide employee survey data, was the lowest in government by the time Cabaniss left the top job there..."

Source: www.govexec.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, [/tag]

OPM’s Shocking Letter to Some Annuitants

Article Title: OPM’s Shocking Letter to Some Annuitants
Snippet of Article: "...Fred is not the only one affected. OPM has identified 595 annuitants that are currently receiving the FERS Annuity Supplement and are subject to OPM’s recent interpretation of Title 5 of the United States Code Section 8421(c). But why now? Since the inception of FERS, OPM has not apportioned the FERS Supplement, unless the court order stated that a portion of the FERS Supplement was to be awarded to the former spouse. It is mind boggling that OPM made a “policy change” without any advance notice to annuitants being affected, nor was this change published in the Federal Register for comment..."

Source: www.fedsmith.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, OPM Failures, [/tag]

The upcoming federal employee 'retirement tsunami' has yet to begin

Article Title: Average January retirement surge falls short of alarmist predictions
Snippet of Article: "...The latest data released by the Office of Personnel Management showed that in the first month of 2017, 15,317 federal employees filed to retire...January is historically the month when the most feds file for retirement. But that number, while large, is about 100 fewer than in 2016, and falls short of 2015’s numbers by more than 3,300..."

Source: federalnewsradio.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, OPM, Retirement, Federal employee retirement, Data Sources, OPM’s Strategic Plan FY 2014 – 2018, [/tag]

A Union Busting Administration

Article Title: Bill to Require OPM to Report Annually on Official Time Moves Ahead
Snippet of Article: "...there is movement in Congress to learn more about how much time is used by federal employees who are paid their full salary and benefits while representing a union. A bill has now been referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. The bill, as amended, would also require additional information on the amount of space provided for union..."

Source: www.fedsmith.com

[tag] Federal Employee News, Federal Civil Service, HR 4392, [/tag]

Issues with background checks for security clearances

Article Title: Federal agency charged with security checks has been urged to improve standards
Snippet of Article: "...Since 2007, 21 investigators and record checkers who work on security clearances for OPM have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to falsifying their reports..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, OPM’s Federal Investigative Services, security clearances, defense contractors, Aaron Alexis, 2013 Navy Yard Shooting, [/tag]

Changes at OPM

Article Title: A busy 18 months for OPM
Snippet of Article: "...The agency said it also has shifted to the cloud many of its services, including its public website; core financial, budget and procurement system; and facilities asset management. The USAJOBS website has shifted to a private cloud as well, and a system for submitting IT budget data to the Office of Management and Budget has migrated to a government cloud solution, OPM noted...."

Source: www.nextgov.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, OPM, [/tag]