Office of Personnel Management
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United States Office of Personnel Management
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Agency overview
Formed January 1, 1979
Preceding Agency Civil Service Commission
Jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
Headquarters 1900 E Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Employees 4,189 (2006)
Agency Executives Linda M. Springer, Director
 
Howard Weizmann, Deputy Director
Website
www.opm.gov

The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is an independent agency of the United States government that manages the civil service of the federal government.

OPM was originally founded as the United States Civil Service Commission by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883. The commission was abolished and replaced by OPM on 1 January 1979 following the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783).

The OPM is partially responsible for maintaining the appearance of independence and neutrality in the Administrative Law System. While technically the employees of the agencies they work for, Administrative Law Judges (or ALJs) are hired exclusively by the Office of Personnel Management, effectively removing any discretional employment procedures from the other agencies. The Office of Personnel Management uses a rigorous selection process which ranks the top three candidates for each ALJ vacancy, and then makes a selection from those candidates, generally awarding an extreme preference toward any United States veteran who is a candidate.

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