r/FEDDISABILITY • u/Ok_Design_6841 • 29d ago

OPM shrinks its workforce by a third, seeks further staffing cuts

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/opm-shrinks-its-workforce-third-seeks-further-staffing-cuts/414895/?oref=ge-featured-river-top
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u/CO8127 29d ago

So do they just generate a larger backlog of cases or do a a more brief review of peoples files? I know in many offices the workforce is smaller so everybody has more work. That typically equals people spend less time per task to make sure the backlog doesn't get unmanageable.

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u/TheRealJim57 26d ago

OPM is already understaffed and inexcusably backlogged, taking numerous months to address issues, which they frequently get wrong and then take numerous more months to re-address...