Kiran Ahuja, a veteran of the Office of Personnel Management, told lawmakers that she thinks that the lack of consistent leadership in the top position at OPM has taken a toll on the ability of the agency to complete longer term IT modernization projects.
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Office of Personnel Management clarified on Friday that it's waiving the usual Title V biweekly premium pay cap for feds doing details at the border to help with surges in unaccompanied minors.
Last month, OPM announced a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services allowing feds to volunteer for 120-day deployments at facilities in the Southwest. Usually, there's a biweekly cap on premium pay, but feds can be covered by an annual cap if they're working on "an emergency that involves a direct threat to life or property" wrote