Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director, appears before a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021 Andrew Harnik/AP
GovExec Daily: A New OPM Director is Confirmed
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss Kiran Ahuja's confirmation vote and the future of the Office of Personnel Management.
Kiran Ahuja was confirmed this week as the director of the Office of Personnel Management by the Senate with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the 50-50 party-line vote. Ahuja will be the first permanent OPM chief since March of 2020 and will step into the role of administering President Joe Biden’s federal workforce policy.
Erich Wagner covers the workforce for us here at GovExec. He joined the podcast to talk about the new OPM chief, controversy around her confirmation and other stories that he has been covering.
