Office of Personnel Management
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415-0001
Phone, 202-606-1800
Director James B. King
Deputy Director (vacancy)
General Counsel Lorraine Lewis
Director, Office of Congressional Relations Cynthia Brock-Smith
Director, Office of Communications Rosalie Cameron
Director, Center for Partnership and Labor- Michael Cushing
Management Relations
Inspector General Patrick E. McFarland
Chief Financial Officer J. Gilbert Seaux
Chairman, Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Phyllis Foley, Acting
Committee
Associate Director, Human Resources Systems Steven R. Cohen, Service Acting
Associate Director for Investigations Service Richard Ferris
Associate Director for Employment Service Mary Lou Lindholm
Associate Director, Office of Merit Systems Carol J. Okin
Oversight and Effectiveness
Associate Director for Retirement and Insurance William E. Flynn III
Service
Director, Office of Human Resources and Equal Rose Gwin
Employment Opportunity
Director, Office of Executive Resources Curtis J. Smith
Director, Office of Contracting and Lynn L. Furman
Administrative Services
Chief Information Technology Officer Janet L. Barnes
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administers a merit system to ensure compliance with personnel laws and regulations and assists agencies in recruiting, examining, and promoting people on the basis of their knowledge and skills, regardless of their race, religion, sex, political influence, or other nonmerit factors. The Office's role is to provide guidance to agencies in operating human resources programs which effectively support their missions and to provide an array of personnel services to applicants and employees. The Office supports Government program managers in their human resources management responsibilities and provide benefits to employees, retired employees, and their survivors.
The Office of Personnel Management was created as an independent establishment by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app.), effective January 1, 1979, pursuant to Executive Order 12107 of December
28, 1978. Transferred to OPM were many of the functions of the former United States Civil Service Commission. The Office's duties and authority are specified in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 1101).
Office of the Inspector General The Office of the Inspector General conducts comprehensive and independent audits, investigations, and evaluations relating to OPM programs and operations. It is responsible for administrative actions against health care providers who commit sanctionable offenses with respect to the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Program or...
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