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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If it’s fall, it’s health benefits open enrollment season – here at the federal government and in most private sector companies. The Healthcare & Insurance (HI) division at the Office of Personnel ...

Washington, DC — The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today released new guidance to federal agencies on how to implement President Donald ...

Today, I want to take you two hundred and thirty feet underground into the former limestone mine that has processed federal retirement paperwork for decades (the Retirement Operations Centers in ...

This is the first edition of a new weekly blog I’m calling Secrets of OPM. Yes, it’s a nod to my old life in venture capital. But the point here is the opposite of secrecy. My goal is to open up the ...