Federal Office of Personnel Management Receives ‘Fair’ Rating

The United States’ Chief Human Capital Officers, (CHCOs) have brought forth possible issues they may have with federal Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) new “aggressive reform agenda,” according to a recent survey conducted by the CHCOs.

The survey claims that the OPM’s changes will “[strain] the resources of some agencies.” The report also says that CHCOs, “Believe there is a disconnect between what OPM’s leadership says and what some of the career OPM staff do.”

Speaking on behalf of the CHCO Council, Kathryn Medina, the council’s executive director, sent out an email to The Washington Post claiming that the report was, essentially, misleading.

The email, published in the Washington Post, reads as follows: “It’s not surprising that if you ask an entire community of practice across the federal government their opinions on ANY topic, that you will get a wide range of responses – both positive and negative. I think the report would would have been more helpful if it had separated CHCO and non-CHCO responses. CHCOs and leaders in general understand the strategic nature of what is going on with hiring reform and other OPM initiatives.”

Jim Berry, Director of the OPM received positive reviews while the rest of the department received fair ratings.