Financial & Housing Services
Office of Personnel Management
The Office of Personnel Management works in several broad categories to recruit, retain and honor a world-class workforce for the American people.
- OPM manages Federal job announcement postings at USAJOBS.gov, and set policy on government-wide hiring procedures.
- OPM conducts background investigations for prospective employees and security clearances across government, with hundreds of thousands of cases each year.
- OPM upholds and defend the merit systems in Federal civil service, making sure that the Federal workforce uses fair practices in all aspects of personnel management.
- OPM manages pension benefits for retired Federal employees and their families. They also administer health and other insurance programs for Federal employees and retirees.
- OPM provides training and development programs and other management tools for Federal employees and agencies.
- In many cases, OPM takes the lead in developing, testing and implementing new government wide policies that relate to personnel issues.
- If you are seeking information about OPM's cybersecurity, you can find more information here.