The Juneteenth holiday commemorates the approximate date that the promise of freedom finally reached the last enslaved people in the South in 1865 — some two-and-a-half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. …

President Biden often says that a job is about more than a paycheck — it’s about dignity. The ability to provide for one’s family and pursue a rewarding career is bolstered by the right to organize. Organizing empowers workers with their collective voice and promotes dignity and respect in the…

Income inequality impacts every woman and every family, and has a larger economic cost to our country. But closing the pay gap is about more than just economic progress or fairness — it’s a moral imperative. These gaps are an affront to our values as a nation and go against…

Below are OPM Director Kiran Ahuja’s remarks to the Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council public meeting on December 14, 2021, as delivered: I’m about one week away from my six-month mark as Director of OPM. In that time, I’ve focused OPM’s efforts on three major areas of work. First…

I often say that federal employees are in the business of achieving the unachievable — from curing disease, to combatting climate change, to landing rovers on the surface of Mars. Many of the federal services we count on every day run so smoothly that we don’t see the hard work…

For six decades, Federal Executive Boards (“FEBs”) have served as the cornerstone of strategic partnership across the federal government. Launched by President Kennedy in 1961, FEBs harness the mutual interests of federal agencies, and the support of their dedicated employees, to deliver a forum for cross-agency communication outside the DC…

Veterans Day is a time for every American — and particularly those of us who’ve never served in uniform — to reach out, spend time with, and give thanks to those who have. It’s a day to remember and recognize the people who fought for our nation in times of…

There is no other sector that allows its workforce to change the world quite like the federal government does. That was my message to a room full of students at George Mason University when I joined Chairman Gerry Connolly on campus for a House Government Operations Subcommittee event there in…

Twenty-five years ago this month, OPM launched a new website to connect service-minded Americans with rewarding careers across the federal government. The vision for USAJOBS wasn’t just an application hub — it was to bring a wide range of federal job opportunities to a user’s fingertips. …