OPM awards major HR IT modernization contract to Oracle
The Office of Personnel Management awarded a nearly $400 million contract to Oracle on Wednesday, as part of…
HHS shrinks cash awards for top performers, shifting funds to bonuses with less clear criteria
The Department of Health and Human Services is scaling back performance-based cash awards for its employees, opting instead…
Senators demand OPM withdraw plan to access feds’ medical records
A group of 16 Democratic senators on Monday called on the Office of Personnel Management to withdraw its…
House Democrats deepen investigation into federal retirement delays
Updated Monday afternoon to include comments from OPM. House Democrats are doubling down on their investigation into the…
OPM to FEHB carriers: Cut costs, MAHA style
The Office of Personnel Management instructed insurers who participate in federal and postal workers’ employer-sponsored health benefits program…
White House budget proposal silent on civilian federal pay raise
The Trump administration is out with its initial bid for the prospects of a 2027 federal pay raise…
OPM’s Kupor would be ‘perfectly happy’ hiring more feds if contractors are cut
Following more than a year of sweeping reductions across the federal workforce, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott…
House Democrats question OPM on retirement processing delays
House Democrats are pressing the Office of Personnel Management for answers on how the agency is addressing abnormally…
‘In the dark:’ Retiring federal employees face major delays
Editor’s Note: Over the last four months, Federal News Network has conducted more than 20 interviews, reviewed dozens…
OPM says cuts to federal workforce surpassed 2025 goals
Approximately 317,000 federal employees left the government this year, while 68,000 joined, according to a recent blog post…
OPM’s retirement backlog skyrockets as deferred resignees begin offboarding
The federal government’s backlog of pending retirement claims hit the highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic last month,…
OPM renews effort to consolidate 119 HR systems into one
The Office of Personnel Management is eyeing July 4, 2027, to fully launch a new governmentwide human resources…