The Trump administration’s proposed merger of the Office of Personnel Management with the General Services Administration is still on the mind of the agency’s inspector general.
OPM’s inspector general in May presented a critical assessment of the administration’s efforts to justify the GSA merger.
But many of the IG’s concerns then remain today, as OPM still largely doesn’t have a documented plan, cost-benefit analysis and timeline for the proposed merger, Norbert Vint, OPM’s deputy inspector general performing the duties of the IG, wrote in a recent report detailing the agency’s ongoing management challenges.