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NewsBerry: Paper and pencil for now in retirement processing
Retirement benefits processing at the Office of Personnel Management will remain paper-and-pencil bound "for the foreseeable future," OPM Director John Berry Feb. 1 while testifying before a Senate Read more...
Transparency groups demand more from National Action Plan for open government
A coalition of transparency groups published Dec. 1 a report (.pdf) suggesting improvements to and methods for implementing Obama administration-led transparency efforts. The OpenTheGovernment.org Read more...
Federal agencies struggle to define their cybersecurity workforce, finds GAO
Federal agencies with the largest information technology budgets do not know the size of their cybersecurity workforce because there is no cybersecurity occupational series, or even a standard set of Read more...
Federal CIOs optimistic about budget authority and cost savings
Federal chief information officers have begun to exercise more authority over their department budgets, several CIOs said at a discussion held by AFFIRM in Washington, D.C. Acting Health and Human Read more...
OPM may lack ability to manage complex IT
Watchdog officials questioned Nov. 15 the Office of Personnel Management's ability to manage complex information technology projects, citing two-decades' worth of failed efforts to modernize civil Read more...
NICE releases cybersecurity workforce taxonomy
Cybersecurity functions can be divided into seven broad categories of jobs, says the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, which released Nov. 8 a draft taxonomy of the cybersecurity Read more...
OPM spends 'under $1M' for emergency upgrades to USAJobs 3.0
The Office of Personnel Management has spent somewhat less than $1 million in emergency software, hardware and personnel upgrades during the past 3 weeks to correct a problematic rollout of USAJobs Read more...
Audio: OPM officials provide USAJobs 3.0 update
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry and OPM Senior Policy Advisor Kathy Dillaman spoke with reporters Nov. 3 regarding the status of USAJobs 3.0, the recently launched and highly Read more...
70,000 job applications affected by OPM IT outage
About 70,000 job seekers at 54 federal agencies had some or all of their application data lost following a 4-day computer glitch at the Office of Personnel Management. "USA Staffing apologizes for Read more...
FierceGovernmentIT FOIAs OMB TechStat meeting info, Part II
Little information comes out from the Office of Management and Budget that isn't stage managed or carefully fed to media outlets that don't follow the workings of federal information technology Read more...
| Press ReleasesOPM Director John Berry Discusses Updated 2012 Dismissal and Closure ProceduresWashington, DC - Today, during a briefing on dismissal and closure procedures for the federal government, U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director John Berry announced three new policies to Read more >> Current Status of USAJOBSExcerpts - Statement of OPM Director John BerryCurrent Status of USAJOBSOctober 19, 2011 10:00AM Eight days ago, we launched the new USAJOBS 3.0. This is the result of an 18-month collaborative Read more >> President Obama Signs Executive Order to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal WorkforceWashington, DC - Today, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order (EO) titled "Establishing a Coordinated Government-Wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Read more >> OPM Issues Proposed Regulations to Help Recruit and Train Students and Recent GraduatesProposed Pathways Programs Will Help Build an Effective Federal Workforce for the 21st Century August 4, 2011 Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing proposed Read more >> Six Month Deadline of Telework Enhancement Act Met with Significant ProgressWashington, DC - Today marks the six month deadline for initial implementation of the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (Act), which is designed to improve government services and increase efficiency Read more >> |
