Unions oppose Trump’s pick to head government personnel office

The Washington Post: A broad coalition of labor organizations launched strong opposition Wednesday to President Trump’s pick to lead the government’s personnel office.

In a letter to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which is considering the nomination of George Nesterczuk as Office of Personnel Management director, 16 unions said he has a failing record in fostering a federal workplace “free of discrimination, nepotism and political influence.”

A main point in their opposition to Nesterczuk, a former Republican OPM official, was his role in developing the Defense Department’s National Security Personnel System (NSPS), which was repealed by a Democratic-controlled Congress in 2009.

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