Office of Personnel Management - Definition

The Office of Personnel Management or OPM is the United States government agency which serves to manage the civil service of the United States by the recruitment of qualified personnel into and the administration of their careers as part of the United States Civil Service.

The OPM was originally founded as the United States Civil Service Commission by the Civil Service Act of 1883. It became the OPM by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978.

Management

It is headed by a Director (currently Kay Coles James) and is located in Washington, DC.

See also

• civil servant
• Hatch Act
• Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

External links

• Office of Personnel Management (http://www.opm.gov)
• Federal Employment (http://www.usajobs.opm.gov)