Pon, director of the Office of Personnel Management, says he is “really looking at wholesale change.”The Trump administration plans to propose major changes to the federal civil service system by November, placing an overhaul of government personnel operations on a fast track. In his first media briefing as Office of Personnel Management director, Jeff T.H. Talk of a civil service overhaul has been around for years, but Pon’s timetable gives it a priority it has not had before. We want to be bold and aggressive, and we want to make sure that not only is it good for America but it’s also good for our civil service.”Pon certainly will run into opposing views on what is good for the civil service. Read more:Mulvaney defends pay freeze even for feds he knows are underpaidTrump administration plans major overhaul of civil service system, but no specifics yet

Source: Washington Post April 30, 2018 16:14 UTC