Retrenchment and Redirection at the Office of Personnel Management

摘要

In response to the Administration's planned retrenchment and redirection, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 1981 chose to end some programs and to provide less assistance to Federal agencies. It also reordered its priorities and concentrated on functions such as overseeing and enforcing civil service rules and merit principles and administering insurance and retirement programs. A 16% cut in OPM's 1982 salaries and expenses appropriation accelerated the planned changes in services and staffing levels. The office restructured its organization, reduced most of its general oversight activities, and reassigned many of its personnel. It also reduced staffing and spending through attrition, a reduction-in-force, furlough, reimbursable detailing of employees, and other belt-tightening measures. Although the office administered these management actions properly, the actions disrupted office functions and were unsettling for its employees and for users of its services.