Federal Manager's Daily Report

The Office of Personnel Management has announced details

for its IT exchange program allowing federal IT workers to

temporarily work in the private sector, and for non-government

IT workers to volunteer in the federal government.

The program is designed partly as a knowledge exchange, said

OPM Director Kay Coles James: “The program is an essential

tool agencies can use as they implement the [President’s

Management Agenda] scorecard. Similarly, private sector

organizations also will benefit from this two-way

information-sharing tool.”

Private sector deployment would last from three months to

one year, and may be extended for the same, up to six years

total. Exceptional employees at the GS-11 level or above

(or equivalent, including Veterans’ Readjustment

Appointments, certain interns, and SES) would be eligible

to participate, said OPM.