Federal leaders say civil service merit principles are timeless. But is OPM?

Federal News Radio: The Trump administration’s recent reorganization plan pitches a significant shift of functions within the Office of Personnel Management, but it’s opening up a broader debate about the agency’s role as government’s central personnel office — and what that entity may look like in the future.

Several former OPM leaders and experts agree: the merit principles that ensure federal employees are hired and fired for who they are and what they know — not who they know — are timeless.

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