All posts tagged "Office of Personnel Management"
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US government launches Tech Force to bring in digital talentThe US has announced a new cross-government initiative to “recruit top technologists to modernise the federal government”. Through the US Tech Force, an initial cohort of around 1,000 technology specialists
- Posted January 8, 2026
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Trump administration lays off thousands of federal employees amid government shutdownMore than 4,000 US federal workers were sent layoff notices last week, according to court documents filed by the Trump administration, which is using the government shutdown to continue reductions
- Posted October 14, 2025
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Trump administration urges US government agencies to remove jargon from job titlesThe Office of Personnel Management has urged government department and agencies to remove jargon from job titles as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reform federal hiring processes. The
- Posted September 23, 2025
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‘Not just another back office function’: US government pledges to empower federal CIOsA senior figure in the White House has called for technology leaders in the federal government to be embedded in leadership across departments and agencies, and to better coordinate on
- Posted July 24, 2025
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US government sets out merit hiring plan in line with Trump prioritiesThe US government has set out a new hiring plan for the federal workforce with an objective to recruit “the most talented, capable and patriotic Americans” to work for government.
- Posted June 5, 2025
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‘What did you do last week?’: US federal officials asked to detail their achievements – but agency responses differUS federal officials received an email asking them to set out their five major accomplishments in their working week in an escalation of efforts by the Trump administration to reduce
- Posted February 27, 2025
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US agencies urged to do more on gender pay equity, female civil servants can forge new leadership models, and moreWelcome to this month’s Global Government Women’s Network newsletter following a break in August. In this edition, we look at efforts to encourage US federal agencies to ‘probe deeper’ to
- Posted September 12, 2024
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US boosts protections for career civil servants, top officials call for ‘elitist’ UK Foreign Office to be replaced, and moreWelcome to this month’s Global Government Forum Management and Workforce Monitor. This is the second of our monthly roundups of the latest news on this topic from governments around the
- Posted April 9, 2024
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UK urged to create ‘Department for the Civil Service’ | US government expands apprenticeships | Milestone public service reform in South AfricaThe latest management and workforce developments in government Hello and welcome to a new Global Government Forum newsletter looking at the latest management and workforce developments in governments around the
- Posted March 13, 2024
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US bans use of private sector pay history in federal job appointmentsUS federal government departments and agencies will no longer be able to use private sector salaries to set the wages of new or returning officials under new regulations from the
- Posted February 5, 2024
