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The Office of Personnel Management has released the latest monthly figures on its retirement claims processing status. The latest data show that the backlog of outstanding clams was…
The author, who is a financial advisor who works with federal employees, discusses the data breaches at OPM and offers some steps federal workers can take to protect…
Virginia's Senators recently expressed some concerns about OPM's decision to take its security clearance database offline, in particular with respect to how the agency plans to handle the…
Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta said in a recent blog post that the agency had to take its e-QIP system offline temporarily because of a vulnerability…
AFGE has filed a class action lawsuit against OPM over the recent cyberattacks which exposed personal data of millions of current and former federal employees.
A group of Republican lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama today requesting that he remove OPM Director Katherine Archuleta and her Chief Information Officer, Donna Seymour, from…
The Office of Personnel Management has begun contacting the millions of current and former federal employees impacted by the recent data breaches. How have FedSmith.com users been impacted…
Office of Personnel Management director Katherine Archuleta has a message for federal employees: "I want to make sure that our Federal employee family knows that I continue to…
Over the last several years Congress has been contemplating another civil service reform act. The author says that it is long overdue and explains why.
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter to OPM director Katherine Archuleta in which he expressed concerns about the quality of service being provided by the company her…