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email OPM Appointments Mark a Radical Shift in Agency s Role
The hiring of high-level executives from organized labor marks a return to federal employee unions having a seat at the table in the formulation of federal personnel policy.
The Biden administration last week announced the appointment of half a dozen political officials to the Office of Personnel Management in a move that experts say could position the agency well in its efforts to reassert itself.
The list of non-Senate confirmed political appointees includes a mix of campaign veterans and subject matter experts. Rita Aguilar, senior advisor in the Office of Congressional, Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, was on President Biden’s OPM transition team, and has previously served as a deputy associate attorney general, while Deputy General Counsel Rachel Cotton led the transition te