Laid-off OPM workers given 2 days to use for similar jobs in a distinct workplace

Laid-off OPM workers given 2 days to use for similar jobs in a distinct workplace

OPM additionally supplied workers who have been laid off in a RIF the choice to retroactively be a part of the deferred resignation program or take an early retirement.

Drew Friedman@dfriedmanWFED

April 23, 2025 6:04 pm

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After shedding workers as a part of its discount in drive (RIF), the Workplace of Personnel Administration is now circulating a handful of job bulletins to impacted workers which can be practically similar to their earlier roles — solely in a distinct OPM part.

In an inside e-mail obtained by Federal Information Community, OPM notified the impacted employees members on Monday of 5 vacancies in OPM’s Human Sources Options (HRS) workplace, which manages the software program for USA Jobs, USA Staffing and different federal HR services.

“We’re writing to make notify [sic] you of some OPM [Career Transition Assistance Plan] emptiness bulletins that have been posted at present,” the e-mail from OPM’s Chief Human Capital Workplace reads.

The 5 vacancies are:

• Information Scientist
• Program Analyst (Information Analytics)
• Supervisory Program Analyst
• Program Analyst
• Enterprise Analyst

OPM’s emptiness announcement on Monday gave the impacted workers two days to use for the positions, with the supply expiring Wednesday night time. OPM is asking for workers to share their RIF notices, resumes and most up-to-date efficiency value determinations as a part of their utility.

It’s unclear if any of the staff who have been laid off within the RIF have utilized for the openings. OPM declined a request for remark.

Between two rounds of RIFs — the primary in late February and the second occurring late final week — all workers in OPM’s workplace for Human Capital Information Administration and Modernization (HCDMM) both noticed their positions terminated or took voluntary resignation provides. Bloomberg first reported the information of OPM’s HR knowledge workplace being gutted.

HCDMM is the part of OPM that manages the company’s massive knowledge property, together with FedScope and the Enterprise Human Sources Integration (EHRI) system. The workplace can also be accountable for establishing human capital knowledge requirements and managing the federal government’s knowledge assortment processes.

“These are very delicate positions as a result of they’re monitoring all the information that informs FedScope and different varieties of workforce knowledge and analytics — it’s very delicate info,” Raymond Limon, a former OPM government and Benefit Programs Safety Board member, stated in an interview. “I’d think about that operate goes to proceed, however now they might wish to have the brand new DOGE IT folks go in. My worry, after all, is that they’re manipulating that knowledge, which might be massive, massive concern.”

The laid-off analysts and knowledge scientists from OPM at the moment are being supplied the choice to use for positions with the identical titles as their earlier jobs, however within the HRS workplace. OPM is utilizing its Profession Transition Help Plan (CTAP) program, which is supposed for workers to make use of earlier than they separate from federal service — in keeping with OPM’s web site.

“Companies should give choice precedence to their very own well-qualified surplus workers who apply for vacancies in company elements within the native commuting space. Companies should notify their surplus or displaced workers once they plan to fill these jobs,” OPM wrote in 2017 steerage. “With just a few exceptions, the company should choose those that apply and are eligible and well-qualified earlier than some other candidate from inside or outdoors the company.”

On the identical time, OPM is now providing its workers who have been impacted by a February RIF the choice of retroactively making use of for the deferred resignation program (DRP) or the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority (VERA), in keeping with a separate OPM e-mail obtained by Federal Information Community.

“These workers who opt-in to the DRP might be faraway from the RIF and be positioned on administrative go away at some stage in the DRP,” OPM wrote within the e-mail.

OPM added that workers who take the DRP may also be ineligible to get severance pay as soon as they separate from the company. Those that are eligible for retirement may also select to signal onto the DRP supply to retire later this yr, OPM stated.

The impacted workers have till April 28 to resolve in the event that they wish to submit a signed contract for taking OPM’s DRP supply.

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