OPM finalizes IT direct-hire authority without changes

FedScoop: The Trump administration has given its final ruling on direct-hire authority for mission-critical IT positions, and it looks exactly like the draft regulation it proposed last October.

The Office of Personnel Management issued its final rule, to be published Wednesday morning in the Federal Register, adopting the proposal without changes. It gives agency heads the authority to deem if there’s a shortage of applicants or a critical need for open IT roles, submit a justification to OPM, and sidestep the typically longwinded and competitive federal hiring process.

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