U.S. Office of Personnel Management - Ensuring the Federal Government has an effective civilian workforce

January 2005

January 31, 2005: OPM To Open Veteran Outreach Office at Walter Reed Army Medical Center [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Grants Department of Labor Provisional Recertification for its Senior Executive Service Performance Appraisal System [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Senior Official to Address African American Federal Executive Association's First Leadership Conference [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Director James Announces Completion of 4 Merit System Audits [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Human Resources Line of Business Estimates To Save Taxpayers $1.1 Billion Over 10 Years [more...]

January 31, 2005: Federal Personnel Agency Launches Annual USS Theodore Roosevelt Valentine Drive [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Issues Surveys Detailing Employee Feedback from First Annual Federal Workforce Conference [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Sends OPM Recruiters to Eglin and MacDill Air Force Bases in Florida [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Forms Background Investigations Stakeholders Group [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Announces Human Resources Line of Business Shared Service Center Selection Process [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Issues Guidance on IT Training [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM DIRECTOR KAY COLES JAMES AWARDS TOP CIVILIAN MEDAL TO FORMER U.S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BERNARD ROSEN [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Prepares for Transfer of the Department of Defense's Background Investigations Services Division [more...]

January 31, 2005: OPM Report Shows Steady Growth of Hispanic Representation in the Federal Workforce [more...]

January 30, 2005: OPM Announces Over 115 Million Visits To USAJOBS Web Site In Nearly 18 Months Since Revamp [more...]

January 30, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Issues Final Regulations on Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments [more...]

January 30, 2005: OPM Hosts Executive Resources Forum on Senior Executive Service Issues and Initiatives [more...]

January 30, 2005: Director Kay Coles James Requests Hiring Estimates for Presidential Management Fellows in 2005 and 2006 [more...]

January 30, 2005: OPM Director James Makes Special Veterans Hiring DVD Available to Chief Human Capital Officers [more...]

January 30, 2005: DSS Process Underway as OPM Director Kay Coles James Announces New Field Management Structure [more...]

January 30, 2005: OPM Director James Unveils Chief Human Capital Officers Council Website to Communicate HR News and Council Activities [more...]

January 30, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Thanks Veteran Service Organizations; Veteran Employment Increases 7 Percent in Two Years [more...]

January 29, 2005: 16,546 Federal Employees Register for Health Savings Account Information on OPM Site; 241,000 Log-on In 5 Months [more...]

January 28, 2005: OPM Launches New Online Federal Hiring Flexibilities Resource Center [more...]

January 27, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Announces Stricter Guidelines Regarding Diploma Mills [more...]

January 27, 2005: OPM Personnel Experts Brief Unions, Congressional Staff and Stakeholders on DHS Personnel System Regulations [more...]

January 27, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Announces Almost Three-fold Increase of Enrollees in the e-Training Initiative and the GoLearn Service Provider from 2003 to 2004 [more...]

January 27, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Further Expands Capacity in OPM Financial and Risk Management Division [more...]

January 26, 2005: Statement from United States Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James on High Risk Reports on Human Capital [more...]

January 25, 2005: Director Kay Coles James Announces the Office of Personnel Management Beat Its Own 45-Day Hiring Model Goal During 2004 [more...]

January 25, 2005: Director Kay Coles James Announces OPM Co-Sponsorship of Summit by National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives [more...]

January 24, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Announces 3,500 Applications Referred to Agencies for Selection to Senior Executive Service Federal Candidate Development Program [more...]

January 24, 2005: OPM Issues Regulations on Compensatory Time Off for Official Travel [more...]

January 21, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Announces Survey of Emergency Preparedness in Field Offices [more...]

January 19, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Encourages Historically Black College and University Students to Consider a Rewarding Career in Federal Government [more...]

January 19, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Adds to Capacity of OPM Human Capital Division [more...]

January 18, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Announces 2005 Federal Agency Emergency Preparedness Survey [more...]

January 14, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Marks the 121st Anniversary of the Pendleton Act; January 16, 2005 [more...]

January 14, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Seeks Aid from FEHB Carriers for Federal Workers Involved in Tsunami Relief Effort [more...]

January 14, 2005: OPM Director and CHCO Council Chair Kay Coles James Thanks Council Members for Making HR Reforms a Reality [more...]

January 14, 2005: OPM and San Antonio, Texas, Federal Executive Board Host Hiring Flexibilities Seminar [more...]

January 14, 2005: OPM Co-Hosts Telework Forum for Federal Agencies [more...]

January 13, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Hosts Agency Fundraising Event for Tsunami Relief [more...]

January 12, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Issues Guidance to Federal Agencies on Planning for Presidential Inaugural "Celebration of Freedom" Event [more...]

January 12, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Announces Executive Resources Forum for Agencies' Human Capital Professionals [more...]

January 12, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Launches Combined Federal Campaign Pilot Program [more...]

January 11, 2005: OPM Announces Addition of 5,500 Enrollees in Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program in 2004 [more...]

January 10, 2005: OPM Proposes Regulations Streamlining Hiring Procedures for People with Disabilities [more...]

January 10, 2005: Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James Submits Letter of Resignation [more...]

January 10, 2005: Enrollment in Federal Flexible Spending Account Program Increases by 25 percent [more...]

January 6, 2005: OPM Director James Announces Distribution of Federal Emergency Guides Nears 700,000 [more...]

January 6, 2005: Four Additional Agencies Earn Provisional Certification of SES Appraisal Systems [more...]

January 5, 2005: Federal Employees and Agencies Immediately Respond to Special Solicitation Authority for Tsunami Victims [more...]

January 5, 2005: Director Kay Coles James Announces OPM to Host Training Series for Personnel Security and HR Professionals [more...]

January 5, 2005: U.S. Office of Personnel Management and Oklahoma City Federal Executive Board Brief Agency Leaders on Emergency Preparedness and Hiring Flexibilties [more...]

January 4, 2005: OPM Director Kay Coles James Uses 30-Day Hiring Model to Hire 3 Veterans and a Secret Service Executive for Mission-Critical OPM Vacancies [more...]