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We\u2019ve only been doing about one a year at the OPM IG and I think that, considering in the federal civil service you\u2019re talking about 3 million, approximately, workers in the United States, it seems to me that we should be focusing more on that,\u201d Leen told members of the committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A part of that focus would include ensuring that the system by which federal employees are hired, rewarded, promoted and disciplined is based on \u201cmerit and merit alone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPM and the Trump administration have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/hr\/2019\/09\/17\/a-new-rule-could-make-it-easier-to-fire-feds\/\" target=_blank>come under fire<\/a> from members of Congress and federal employee organizations for their approach to employee merit systems, with such critics claiming that the initiatives simply seek to make it easier to fire employees and open the door for discrimination and retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leen also promised to examine the myriad hiring authorities open to federal human resources offices, which some HR leaders have said are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/management\/hr\/2019\/07\/31\/are-federal-hiring-authorities-too-difficult-for-agencies\/\" target=\"_blank\">too numerous and complex<\/a> for their offices to use properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to look at Schedule A, veterans preference, hiring of disabled veterans, and that\u2019s just three of them,\u201d Leen said. \u201cIt should be made more efficient, and we should be using them more correctly; it shouldn\u2019t be ad hoc, depending on the agency and the proclivities of a particular agency. 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