SIRONKO, Uganda — Meridah Nandudu envisioned a coffee sisterhood in Uganda, and the strategy for expanding it was simple: Pay a higher price per kilogram when a female grower took the beans to a ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. As Uganda readies for general elections in 2026, the ghosts of its past are ...

A number of recent issues have caused the increase in OPM disability retirement applications. Many federal employees have previously worked under Reasonable Accommodations (RA), which allowed ...

A May 2 memo on the contract cites OPM’s currently fragmented HR systems and tight deadlines to comply with President Trump’s executive orders mandating workforce restructuring and merit-based ...

A view shows the logo of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), after probationary staff at the OPM were fired in a conference call and given less than an hour to leave the building ...

The inspector general for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told lawmakers he is investigating the use of a new data system at the agency that has been part of a broader effort by Elon Musk ...

The investigation came as DOGE gained access to OPM systems and created the [email protected] email address, which it used to email federal workers a directive to send a list of five ...

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of federal workers, adding that it’s up to the agency on whether to boot ...

OPM made its edit to a memo it issued shortly after Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, noting at the top of the document that it was “Revised: March 4, 2025.” “Please note that ...

Current and former OPM employees describe an agency that’s been taken over by a shadow operation of political appointees affiliated with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California said Thursday the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) overstepped its constitutional authority earlier this month in a memo directing federal agencies ...