OPM is creating a new organization within its Employee Services group as part of a readjustment to help provide more technical assistance to the HR community.
A new Strategic Workforce Planning center will focus on: providing accurate, timely forecasts about trends and future scenarios; designing and supporting integrated strategies that address emerging workforce priorities; and, enabling innovation in the federal workforce’s policy and practices, said OPM.
It said that for those that have been working with OPM human capital officers for guidance and advice regarding HR policy and its application that they would now instead work with OPM policy offices and their staffs.
The change is intended to "provide you a direct line for guidance on employment programs, policy advisories and approvals, and technical assistance, it will also expand your opportunity to share ideas on policy, solutions and practices directly with our policy staff who deal intimately with these issues," OPM said in a memo for chief human capital officers.