| The Office of Personnel Management took over for
the former Civil Service Commission as part of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (5 USC
1101). The U. S. Office of Personnel Management . . .
- Administers a merit system for Federal employment that includes recruiting, examining,
and promoting people on the basis of their knowledge and skills, regardless of their race,
religion, sex, political influence, or other nonmerit factors.
- Protects and promotes a merit based federal civil service through an aggressive
oversight program; identifying opportunities for improving federal personnel policies and
programs; and helping agencies meet mission goals through effective recruitment,
development and utilization of employees.
- Promotes maximum employment and job advancement opportunities within the federal
government for disabled veterans and certain veterans of the Vietnam era and of the
post-Vietnam era who are qualified for Veteran's Preference.
- Is responsible for regulations implementing the President's directive for assisting
dislocated and surplus employees. These regulations require agencies to establish career
transition plans and services, and to provide hiring preference to dislocated and surplus
employees for those vacancies that do occur.
- In conjunction with the National Partnership Council, supports and promotes
labor-management partnerships throughout the Executive branch. Partnerships champion
change in Federal Government agencies to transform them into organizations capable of
delivering the highest quality services to the American people.
- Supports Government program managers in their personnel management responsibilities
through a range of programs designed to develop and encourage the effectiveness of the
Government employee.
- Provides health and life insurance benefits to employees and to retired employees and
their survivors.
- Chairs the Interagency Advisory Group (IAG) of Federal Personnel Directors. This group
provides leadership in identifying emerging governmentwide Human Resources Management
policy and operational issues and proposing specific measures and approaches for dealing
with them.
For additional information, you may wish to visit the OPM
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