Weichert unveils federal IT, cyber direct hire authority days into OPM tenure

FedScoop: Margaret Weichert may be new to the Office of Personnel Management, but she’s wasting no time advancing the agency’s administration-driven workforce reforms.

Weichert, who was named acting OPM director last week after the abrupt departure of Jeff Pon, unveiled the agency’s plans to offer direct hire authority for IT, cybersecurity and STEM jobs within the federal government during a Thursday media roundtable.

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