FedScoop

OPM outlines merit hiring plan, new SES process ahead of hiring freeze end

Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) The ...
Government Executive

OPM ‘merit’ hiring plan includes bipartisan reforms, politicized new test

Federal job applicants will soon be quizzed on their favorite Trump administration policy as part of the hiring process, according to the Office of Personnel Management’s new “merit hiring plan.” “How ...
CNN

Trump administration bans agencies from considering race or gender in hiring process

The Trump administration on Thursday issued new guidelines barring federal agencies from considering race or gender in the hiring process. The guidelines, part of a Merit Hiring Plan sent to agency ...
Nextgov

OPM implements years-in-the-making update to federal hiring process

The Office of Personnel Management on Monday finalized regulations more than a half decade in the making aimed at giving federal hiring managers greater flexibility in selecting applicants for federal ...