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Kiran Ahuja

Director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management Kiran Ahuja speaks during a roundtable with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and federal workers on Oct. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

Kiran Ahuja to step down as OPM director

Ahuja has served as Office of Personnel Management director since June 2021 and is the first Asian American woman to lead the agency.
President Joe Biden walks to sign an executive order after delivering remarks on advancing the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 30, 2023. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden issued his historic EO on artificial intelligence. Now comes the hard part, experts say

Former government officials and policy experts tell FedScoop that the White House’s AI executive order will face myriad implementation challenges, in everything from hiring to building agency…
OPM Director Kiran Ahuja sits on stage at ACT-IAC's Imagine Nation ELC23 event. She is speaking to Melivn Brown, OPM's deputy chief information officer.
Kiran Ahuja, OPM director, speaks to Melivn Brown, OPM’s deputy chief information officer, at ACT-IAC’s Imagine Nation ELC23 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Madison Alder)

OPM director teases release of cyber, IT pay proposal in coming days 

“Far-reaching” proposal related to pay “flexibility” in federal cyber and IT roles to be released in coming days, Office of Personnel Management director says.
The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building that houses the Office of Personnel Management headquarters is shown June 5, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Congressional inquiries to OPM have surged

OPM’s Congressional, Legislative, and Intergovernmental Affairs branch received more than 9,000 congressional inquiries in 2022, compared with more than 3,000 in 2020.
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Director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management Kiran Ahuja speaks during a roundtable with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and federal workers on Oct. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

OPM doubles down on encouraging retirees to use Login.gov

The announcement comes as agencies face mounting pressure to improve federal employees' access to retirement services.
Director of U.S. Office of Personnel Management Kiran Ahuja speaks during a roundtable with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and federal workers on Oct. 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images).

Senate subcommittee eyeing hearing on federal employee retirement backlog

Sen. James Lankford, R-OK, earlier this week sent a letter to OPM Director Kiran Ahuja noting that processing times for more difficult retirement cases have increased.
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