The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently released details concerning the upcoming open season and participants are likely to see a significant increase in their health premium costs.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and its security contractor Peraton Risk Decision reached a preliminary settlement with a class action lawsuit concerning data breaches.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a fact sheet Monday clarifying that federal employees may use sick leave for travel associated with accessing medical care.

In a memo last Thursday, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) outlined more detailed skills-based hiring guidance for federal agencies to overcome persistent federal recruitment challenges.

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has initiated a special solicitation period in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).

In a memo this week, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) launched a resource hub to aid the government in attracting cyber talent.

The Federal Circuit held for the first time that an OPM decision to deny retirement benefits is an adverse personnel decision that can be appealed to the Merit Systems Protection Board.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued guidance on how agencies should ensure civilian federal employees earn at least $15 per hour, modifying both the General Schedule (GS) and Federal Wage Service (FWS) pay scales.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed rule to implement new regulations governing Federal anti-discrimination and whistleblower protection.

On the latest episode of the FEDtalk podcast, host Debra Roth sits down with open season experts to discuss coverage options, changes from the previous year, and all the ways federal employees can learn about their insurance options virtually.

This week, the Biden administration delayed suspensions and firings for federal employees until 2022 despite 97 percent compliance with the mandate.

Alternately, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the Department of Defense (DOD) will not pay National Guard members who refuse to receive to comply with the federal vaccine mandate.

Federal employees may have some extra annual leave set to expire, according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recent memorandum.

In a proposed rule announced on October 19, 2021, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is advising an expansion of employee eligibility for the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP). The program’s extension would include select temporary and seasonal workers, among others.

On October 6, 2021, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) inquired with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) misclassification of nearly 100 administrative positions and subsequent retaliation of the exposing whistleblower.

Regarding the “enforcement” of COVID-19 vaccine,. the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) advises agencies begin the disciplinary process as early as November 9, 2021.

On October 1, 2021, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Kiran Ahuja announced further guidance on implementing the vaccine mandate as all federal workers must be entirely vaccinated by November 22, 2021.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced on September 29, 2021, that federal employees will pay 3.8 percent more to healthcare premiums next year as a result of specialty drugs, treatments for chronic illnesses, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently announced that federal employees can enroll in flexible spending accounts from now through June 30, implementing provisions of the FY 2021 spending package and the COVID-19 relief bill passed in March 2021.

Congress passed legislation this week making June 19 a federal holiday in observance of Juneteenth. The date celebrates the arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas following the end of the Civil War. While two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, the date is viewed as the effective end of slavery in the United States.