Archive for the ‘News from the OPM’ Category

Senate Confirms Howard Weizmann as New Deputy Director for OPM

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

  Brings Nearly Three Decades of Experience to Federal Government's HR Agency Washington, D.C. - U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Linda M. Springer today announced the United States Senate has confirmed Howard Weizmann of Annapolis, MD as the agency's new deputy director. Weizmann was nominated by ...

U.S. Office of Personnel Management - VetGuide

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

VetGuideThe Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administers entitlement to veterans' preference in employment under title 5, United States Code, and oversees other statutory employment requirements in titles 5 and 38. (Title 38 also governs Veterans' entitlement to benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs ...

More Than 16,000 Veterans to Benefit From $27 Million in Job Training Grants

Monday, June 25th, 2007

WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced 94 grants, totaling nearly $27 million, to provide approximately 17,000 veterans with job training to help them succeed in civilian careers. The grants are being awarded under the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Workforce Investment Program (VWIP) ...

OPM Committed to “Casting the Widest Possible Net”

Monday, May 14th, 2007

Washington, D.C..- U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Associate Director for Strategic Human Resources Policy Nancy Kichak reaffirmed today the agency's commitment to fully "draw on the strengths of the nation's diversity" in building up the leadership ranks of the Federal Government, during a congressional hearing ...