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Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) OPM ...
The Office of Personnel Management announced on Wednesday that it was creating a new office to oversee the Senior Executive Service, consolidating powers spread across multiple units to improve ...
Federal regulations, promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management, state that agencies must observe a 120-day moratorium on reassignments when a new agency head or a career senior executive ...
SES performance is graded on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being “unsatisfactory” and 5 “outstanding.” In 2023, OPM claims, 96% of SES members received a 4 (“exceeds fully successful”) or a 5.
The Office of Personnel Management April 10 launched a governmentwide candidate development program designed to bring more women, minorities and people with disabilities into the Senior Executive ...
The Office of Personnel Management, in partnership with the Office of Management and Budget, announced the design and issuance of a new Senior Executive Service performance appraisal system.. The new ...
The Office of Personnel Management has put a hiring freeze on most Senior Executive Service positions to take effect Dec. 7, the same day President Obama has asked political appointees to hand in ...
OPM’s implementation timeline. Agencies must adopt the new performance system by Oct. 1, 2025, with all senior executives to ...
OPM Chief Wants to Put SES Hiring in the Fast Lane. April 20, 2002. By Stephen Barr. ... [Senior Executive Service] jobs takes too long and is too complicated," Kay Coles James, ...