Burrowing by political appointees targeted by OPM

The Office of Personnel Management wants to make political appointee “burrowing” into agencies more difficult all the time – not just during election years.

OPM director John Berry recently sent a memo to agency leaders outlining a new policy that mandates OPM’s approval on all current and recent political appointees who want to move into a career position.

The memo changes the current policy where OPM signs off on all appointments to the Senior Executive Service, but only approves non SES appointments during an election year. To see what else Berry had to say about the new policy, read the full story at FederalNewsRadio.com.