OPM Proposes Annual Staffing Oversight, Scrapping Diversity Language in Federal Hiring

3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 1

A proposed OPM rule due in the Federal Register on Thursday would require each federal agency to submit an annual staffing plan at the start of the fiscal year.
The plan would tighten central control by giving OPM and agency chief human resource officers a more direct role in staffing decisions, with OPM and the Office of Management and Budget reviewing those plans.
The proposal also calls for new strategic hiring committees and removes diversity language from federal hiring policy, signaling a broader shift in how the Trump administration wants agencies to recruit.

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