In this special two-part interview, Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon discusses modernizing the federal workforce, elevating the role of the CHCO at agencies and using OPM authorities to effect change.

On this workforce edition of the Federal Beat, Reporter Nicole Ogrysko from Federal News Radio, Fedscoop Managing Editor Billy Mitchell and FCW Staff Writer Chase Gunter discuss the effect that OPM policy and Trump’s executive orders have on the federal workforce, pursuing direct cyber hiring authority and the AFGE lawsuit against the administration.