OPM opens direct agency hiring of IT security in response to Hurricane Harvey

Fedscoop: In the wake of the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, the Office of Personnel Management is allowing agencies responding to the storm to waive some hiring policies and recruit needed staff, including information technology professionals.

In an Aug. 27 memo, acting OPM Director Kathleen McGettigan authorized agencies to use direct hiring authority to appoint professionals to competitive service career, career-conditional, term or temporary appointments in relief and recovery roles as a result of the storm.

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