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Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, framed the issue differently during the three-hour hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis hearing is about the administration\u2019s plan to eliminate the independence of the civil service,\u201d said Connolly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/federal-oversight\/congress\/2019\/04\/04\/house-democrats-dont-want-to-fund-an-opm-reorg\/\">some members of Congress<\/a> see a proposed OPM\/GSA merger as a move to politicize the civil service, Weichert portrayed the plan as an effort to fix the system. She noted that 60 percent of federal workers are dissatisfied with aspects of personnel managements. Moreover, she said, only 5 percent of OPM employees are able to work on core policies related to the federal merit system, the rest being mired in transactional activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Congress gave the Department of Defense authority over federal employment background checks, she noted, OPM lost thousands of personnel and more than $1 billion, compounding the need for structural reform. \u201cOur HR machinery is not structured to keep pace with change,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A merger of OPM and GSA functions would bring federal government into alignment with a practice already common in some states. \u201cThe goal of this transition is to stabilize and sustain OPM\u2019s mission, which is fundamentally already at risk,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other witnesses at the subcommittee hearing raised questions about the process by which the administration has proposed to shift the infrastructure, funding and responsibilities of OPM\u2019s over 5,000 employees, and the very rationale behind the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GAO\u2019s Acting Director of Strategic Issues Triana McNeil said that neither OPM, OMB or GSA have set outcome-oriented goals for the proposed change. They have not delivered a cost-benefit analysis, nor have they effectively communicated to Congress, OPM employees or other stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faced with a potential merger, GAO asks certain key questions: What will success look like? What management challenges will this resolve? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs of now GAO has little to no evidence from the agencies to answer any of these,\u201d said McNeil, who expressed doubt as to whether certain aspects of the merger would even be allowed under law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOPM and GSA have not identified specific actions that can be taken administratively versus those that will require legislative action to reorganize OPM,\u201d she said. 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