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Biden names Obama-era veteran to lead OPM

President Joe Biden has named Kiran Ahuja to be his new director of the Office of Personnel Management. Ahuja previously served as OPM’s chief of staff…

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Federal locality pay: Broken or underfunded?

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A workman walks through the empty corridors of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill as lawmakers negotiate on the emergency coronavirus response legislation, in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Agency reopening strategies earn criticism from both sides of the aisle

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No new recommendations for additional locality pay areas, at least not yet

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Congress praises, but unions slam administration’s plans to modernize federal workforce

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Trump administration made few changes to locality pay in 2018. What happened?

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Will the federal labor-management relations continue under Trump? Unions have no idea

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In House-Senate budget talks, feds fear being familiar target

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In Depth Show Blog – August 30, 2013

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Sequestration harms cancer research, former Clinton White House spokesman says – April 19, 2013

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AFGE rejects President Obama’s chained CPI budget – April 12, 2013

This week on AFGE’s “Inside Government” AFGE National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals President Witold Skwierczynski and National Committee to Preserve…

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Federal Drive Interviews — Jan. 22, 2013

OPM’s Angela Bailey discusses how agencies are struggling to fill critical skill gaps in the hard sciences. Procurement attorney Joe Petrillo fills us…

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Federal Drive Interviews — Jan. 3, 2013

John Kamensky from the IBM Center for The Business of Government talks about two decades of a results-oriented federal performance management system. Allan Holmes of Bloomberg Government discusses the top technology issues facing the government in 2013. Jeffrey Neal of ICF International sheds light on OPM’s new guide to executive development. Jacque Simon of AFGE discusses legislation that could freeze federal pay to the end of the year.

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