Applicants may meet minimum qualification requirements on the basis of experience, education, or, for GS-7 positions, one of the alternate provisions described below. Progressively responsible ...

Degree: that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours appropriate to the work of the position to be filled. The course work must have included study in at least four of the following ...

Degree: community planning; or related field such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that ...

In 2001, Strategic Human Capital Management (SHCM) was added to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) High Risk List. Much was done from 2001 to 2011 to meet the GAO criteria and remove SHCM ...

A lunch or other meal period is an approved period of time in a nonpay and nonwork status that interrupts a basic workday or a period of overtime work for the purpose of permitting employees to eat or ...

As a Federal employee, you may be able to enroll in health, dental, vision and life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and apply for long term care insurance. You can find information about each ...

The form applies only to the disposition of your Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) account after your death. It is only necessary to designate a beneficiary if you want payment to be made in a way other than ...

NOTES: FOR ALL OCCUPATIONAL SERIES COVERED BY THIS TABLE, COVERAGE IS LIMITED TO PILOTS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION DESCRIPTION THAT REQUIRES PILOTING OF AIRCRAFT. UPDATED TABLE APPROVED ON MARCH ...

Washington, DC - Today, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the 2025 Federal Benefits Open Season will be held from November 10 through December 8, 2025 and the 2026 plans and premiums ...

When I learned last December I would have the chance to interview with President Trump for the role of OPM Director, I told my three daughters that I wanted to pitch the president on making government ...

This week, a Senate Democrat report took aim at OPM’s Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) – a voluntary retirement program that provided government employees with eight months of paid leave. Their ...

On August 28, 2025, President Trump issued an Alternative Pay Plan under 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5 U.S.C. 5304a that announced to Congress his decision regarding January 2026 pay adjustments to provide ...