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United States Office of Personnel Management

The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is an independent agency of the United States government that manages the United States federal civil service. The agency provides federal human resources policy, oversight, and support, and tends to healthcare (FEHB), life insurance (FEGLI), and retirement benefits (CSRS and FERS, but not TSP) for federal government employees, retirees, and their dependents.[2]

Agency overview

January 1, 1979 (1979-01-01)

U.S. federal government

Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building
1900 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C., US

2,448 (2021)[1]

$329,755,000 (2021)

  • Rob Shriver, Acting Director

opm.gov

OPM is headed by a director, who is nominated by the President.

Retirement Services - Oversees the Civil Service Retirement Service (CSRS) and the Federal Employee Retirement Service (FERS).

Healthcare & Insurance - Oversees the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employee Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) programs.

Employee Services Branch

Alan K. Campbell

Civil Service Commission

(March 23, 1981 – March 25, 1985)

Donald J. Devine

Loretta Cornelius (acting; 1985)

(August 22, 1985 – May 10, 1989)[30]

Constance Horner

(June 8, 1989 – June 30, 1992)

Constance Berry Newman

[31] (April 7, 1993 – September 1, 1997)

James B. King

(November 12, 1997 – January 20, 2001)

Janice R. Lachance

Steven R. Cohen (acting; January 20, 2001 – July 11, 2001)

(July 11, 2001 – January 31, 2005)

Kay Coles James

(acting; February 1, 2005 – June 27, 2005)

Dan Gregory Blair

(June 28, 2005 – August 13, 2008)[32][33]

Linda M. Springer

Michael Hager (acting; August 13, 2008 – January 20, 2009)

[32]

Kathie Ann Whipple (acting; January 20, 2009 - April 13, 2009)

[34]

(April 13, 2009 – April 13, 2013)[35]

John Berry

(acting; April 13, 2013 – November 4, 2013)

Elaine Kaplan

(November 4, 2013 – July 10, 2015)

Katherine Archuleta

(acting; July 10, 2015 to January 20, 2017)

Beth Cobert

(acting; January 20, 2017 – March 9, 2018)[36]

Kathleen McGettigan

(March 9, 2018 – October 5, 2018)[37]

Jeff Tien Han Pon

(acting; October 5, 2018 – September 16, 2019)

Margaret Weichert

Dale Cabaniss (September 16, 2019 – March 17, 2020)[39]

[38]

Michael Rigas (acting; March 18, 2020 – January 20, 2021)

[40]

Kathleen McGettigan (acting; January 20, 2021 – June 24, 2021)[42][43][44]

[41]

(June 24, 2021 – May 6, 2024)[45]

Kiran Ahuja

Rob Shriver (acting; May 6, 2024 – present)

[46]

Source: OPM's Agency Leadership Through Time[29]

Civil service

Combined Federal Campaign

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Hatch Act

Human Resources University

Presidential Management Fellows Program

SHPS

Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations

United States Merit Systems Protection Board

Federal Executive Boards

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