The Biden administration will require all federal employees and on-site contractors to prove their vaccination status or submit to regular COVID-19 testing and a mask mandate. President Biden recommends the private sector follow suit. Janice Lachance, former Office of Personnel Management director and now executive vice president at the American Geophysical Union, said the requirements […]
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has a leader for the first time in nearly a year. One of the first jobs for Kiran Ahuja will be to execute the Biden administration’s new multi-year workforce strategy. Janice Lachance, executive vice president of the American Geophysical Union and former OPM director, said Ahuja has the challenge […]
The Office of Personnel Management has a new list of recommendations from the National Academy of Public Administration. Some former officials say there is a risk those recommendations could get lost in the shuffle. Former OPM Director Janice Lachance said NAPA’s recommendation to transition the agency from a fee-for-service organization to an appropriated organization would […]
Janice Lachance, Former Director of OPM, and Jeri Buchholz, Former NASA Chief Human Capital Officer, discuss the process of filling political roles in the Biden administration and what they will watch moving forward
Filling Senate-confirmed positions may take months, former OPM directors say
On Friday at midnight, government shut down for the first time since 2013. It happened over differences in Congress about whether or not a short-term funding bill should include protections for younger immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. The Trump administration promised to minimize the impact, but Office of Management and Budget Director […]
Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu discusses the impact of the presidential transition on federal employees. Jim Williams, former acting administrator of the General Services Administration, discusses how the presidential transition process has evolved. David Eagles, director of the Center for Presidential Transition at the Partnership for Public Service, Janice Lachance, member of the National Academy of […]
