The Office of Personnel Management has developed a blockchain technology-based prototype as part of a new employee digital record platform, Federal News Radio reported Friday. âWeâve actually prototyped a blockchain for an employee
MoreA scorecard used by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to evaluate the compliance of federal agencies with the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act shows that 11 agencies regressed in their FITARA
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The U.S. Air Force has begun to collaborate with the National Background Investigations Bureau and the Office of Personnel Management to expedite the security clearance process and help reduce the investigation backlog,
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The Office of Personnel Management has released a guidance to help agencies identify shortfalls in their cybersecurity workforces and develop plans to address skill shortages, Nextgov reported Monday. The OPM guidance calls for
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The Senate has confirmed Jeff Pon, former chief human resources and strategy officer at the Society for Human Resource Management, as the Office of Personnel Management‘s next director, Federal News Radio reported Thursday.
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Department of Homeland Security to ensure that its methods to identify, classify and code cybersecurity job vacancies and responsibilities are complete and timely. GAO
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The Office of Personnel Management will extend a pay freeze for top government officials that include high-level political appointees through the Jan. 19 government shutdown deadline, Government Executive reported Thursday. Congress passed a
MoreThe White House has lifted the federal hiring freeze after the Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance that recommends measures for agencies on how to reduce the federal workforceâs size, restructure
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The Office of Personnel Management has issued a memorandum to authorize agencies to use âexcepted service appointmentsâ as stated in the 5 Code of Federal Regulations 213.3102 to meet technical personnel requirements in support of information technology
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Bill Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, has said the Defense Department will also adopt NSCSâ continuous evaluation platform to perform periodic background investigations on employees at the executive
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