OPM’s dual role in talent acquisition poses ‘conflict of interest’

The Office of Personnel Management’s advantageous stake in the talent acquisition space is raising alarm bells in Congress. As both regulator and provider of federal talent acquisition systems, OPM has an unfair advantage against other vendors, said Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the Oversight and Accountability Committee. “OPM sells hiring-related services to those agencies which it oversees via USA Staffing, even though there are many private firms that assist both the private and public sector with hiring and related human capital acquisition activities,” Comer said in a March 22…

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Israel-Gaza: The Democrats’ ‘tectonic’ shift on the conflict – BBC News

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Reining in the Yemen Conflict: The US Congress and War Making Powers – International Policy Digest

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