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The Office of Personnel Management has announced that the government has awarded a contract to provide free identity protection services to the 21.5 million individuals whose personal data…
I recall reading that federal employees would be notified by June 30 whether or not their personal data had been compromised in the OPM data breaches, and if…
What does it mean to say a position is sensitive and in the "public trust?"
A recent letter from the Office of Personnel Management's Office of the Inspector General to the OPM director says that OPM's Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)…
OPM announced that there will be an upcoming FEGLI open season.
If you are a federal employee planning to retire soon and were hoping for a quick turn around on your retirement application, you may be in for some…
Office of Personnel Management acting director Beth Colbert recently issued a memo directing federal agencies to conduct ongoing analyses to identify and target the existence of gender related…
Premium rates for new subscribers to the federal long term health care insurance just went up.
The author says OPM still has the potential to be the talent management agency the government needs after the data breaches.
The recent data breaches have put the Office of Personnel Management into a deep hole. The author looks at some deliberate steps he says OPM must take to…