The Trump administration’s nominee for director of Office of Personnel Management is no stranger to the federal challenges of managing human capital.
Nesterczuk served as staff director of the House Oversight and Government Reform\u2019s Subcommittee on Civil Service in the 1990s, the last time the federal workforce was in a position of upheaval following across-the-board personnel cuts by the Clinton administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shea said that given the overhaul of the executive branch, coupled with an ongoing drain of new talent recruitment, Nesterczuk\u2019s nomination will provide OPM a steady hand in a time of great tumult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Human capital is among the \u2014 if not the \u2014 greatest challenge facing agencies,” he said. “So he\u2019s really well-armed to work with Congress and the agencies on what that reform will look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“If you read the guidance coming out of OMB, OPM\u2019s expertise and guidance are badly needed by agencies. So if he can lead the agency to provide that help \u2014 I think he is well positioned to do that, if he can get confirmed \u2014 that will be a real service.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Current OMB senior adviser and former OPM Director Linda Springer said that Nesterczuk\u2019s knowledge and expertise of the civil service would be an asset, but his presumptive appointment will be integral to tackling the agency\u2019s ongoing efforts to recruit and retain new talent into public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There\u2019s no shortage of things to work on, and recruitment is certainly one of them,” she said. “He\u2019s also coming at a time when the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results will be coming in, so I think he will have a very full plate.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Springer, who served as OPM director from 2005 to 2008, said that the push toward greater digital services and technology affords Nesterczuk the possibility of helming great transformation in the federal government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My advice to George would be to use this as an opportunity to look at not only what OPM does, but the delivery model that it uses and to look for ways to innovate and deliver those services,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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