A new proposal addresses “inflated” evaluations for federal employees and the failure to “materially differentiate” between performance levels, OPM said.

The plan to institute a forced or “standardized” distribution of performance ratings upon the federal workforce has survived ...

The federal government would impose a tougher new performance appraisal process on both senior-level professionals and its general workforce under two proposed rules released by the Office of ...

Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly ...

Nearly 329,000 full-time federal employees across 489 agencies left or were removed from their role in 2025, led by the ...

The human capital agency’s PLUM reporting website doesn’t include data required by law and contains errors, the GAO found.

Taxpayers expect a government that’s efficient, effective, and affordable. On Feb. 4, in a new report, the Trump ...

A final rule from OPM lets agencies continue hiring certain students to temporary paid positions, but with a few changes attempting to add flexibility.

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 ...

Explore how the federal government’s fundraising system favors one political party through OPM's pension allotments.

The schedule changes come as a major winter storm roaring up the East Coast produced up to several inches of snow across the D.C. region.