Once OPM's final rule takes effect, agencies will have to cap the share of federal employees who can receive high ratings on ...

OPM Director Scott Kupor wrote that the changes are part of how the administration is trying to create high-performing organizations and promote accountability.

Agencies would be expected to conduct their own workforce surveys each year, with little rules on how much, or how little, they divulge to the public about it.

Under final regulations published this week, the federal government’s dedicated HR agency can remove federal employees from ...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area to show up on time Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump signed into law a funding bill to end ...

Scenes from outside the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in Washington on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Office of Personnel Management ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The logo of the Office of Personnel Management, outside OPM in Washington, DC. - Tierney L. Cross/Reuters The Trump administration ...

Scenes from outside the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Office of Personnel Management’s ...

The President signed an executive order that strips job protections for thousands of career civil servants and effectively ...

The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, or a net of nearly 238,000 workers, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of recently published government data. Note: Figures for new hires ...