GAO Releases Report on Recent Federal Workforce Changes at OPM

The Government Accountability Office released a report July 20 examining recent federal workforce changes at the Office of Personnel Management, putting the changes under review by Congress and the public.

The report, identified as Recent Federal Workforce Changes at OPM, carries the number GAO-26-108916. GAO describes it as an overview of recent changes involving the federal workforce. The agency’s release listing does not state how many employees were affected by the actions covered in the report.

GAO’s July 16–20 release cluster includes at least six public reports. Alongside the OPM workforce review, the list includes reports concerning hypersonic weapons, national laboratories, cyber workforce programs, congressional directed spending and aviation cybersecurity. Those reports address separate oversight subjects and do not represent a single combined finding.

The reports are available as public documents for congressional and public review. The workforce changes matter because staffing decisions can affect federal agencies’ capacity to deliver benefits, provide services and enforce regulations nationwide. In a separate report, GAO also identified weaknesses involving federal spending-data quality, improper-payment estimates, program inventories and Freedom of Information Act processing, adding to its continuing oversight of federal administration and transparency.