Congressional Budget Justification 
           Performance Budget
           Fiscal Year 2015
           CBJ Submission
           March 2014
                                                                                                                                                      Content 
                                                                                                                                                      Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 1 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 FY 2015 Budget Overview ........................................................................................................................... 1 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Management Challenges ............................................................................................................................. 17 
                                                                                                                                                      Appropriations Language .................................................................................................................. 23 
                                                                                                                                                      Agency Priority Goals ........................................................................................................................ 25 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Reduce Federal retirement processing time by making comprehensive improvements ............................. 26 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Improve the Oversight and Quality of Background Investigation Processing ............................................ 29 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 FEHB Efficiency and Accountability Improvements ................................................................................. 32 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Closing the Skills Gap for the HR Workforce ............................................................................................ 35 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Promote Diversity and Inclusion ................................................................................................................ 38 
                                                                                                                                                      Organizational Framework ................................................................................................................ 41 
                                                                                                                                                      Performance Budget by Strategic Goal ............................................................................................ 61 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 1 Diverse and Effective OPM workforce ........................................................................... 71 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 2 Timely, Accurate, and Responsive Customer Service .................................................... 85 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 3 Evidence-Based Policy and Practices ............................................................................. 99 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 4 Efficient and Effective Information Systems ................................................................ 109 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 5 Transparent and Responsive Budgets ........................................................................... 129 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 6 Engaged Federal Workforce ......................................................................................... 139 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 7 Improved Retirement Benefit Service........................................................................... 155 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 8 Enhanced Federal Workforce Integrity ......................................................................... 163 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Strategic Goal: 9 Healthier Americans ..................................................................................................... 181 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Additional Government-wide Mandated or Compliance Functions Supported by OPM ......................... 201 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Enabling Structural Capacity Functions of OPM ..................................................................................... 205 
                                                                                                                                                      Program Inventory ........................................................................................................................... 209 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Federal Employee Policy Oversight ......................................................................................................... 215 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Federal Employee Healthcare and Insurance ............................................................................................ 219 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 National Healthcare Operations ................................................................................................................ 221 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Federal Investigative Services .................................................................................................................. 223 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Federal Agency Human Resources Services ............................................................................................ 225 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Merit System Accountability & Compliance Oversight ........................................................................... 227 
 
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Office of the Inspector General ................................................................................................................. 229 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Federal Employee Retirement ................................................................................................................... 231 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 USAJOBS ................................................................................................................................................. 233 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Federal Human Resources Information Technology Transformation (HRITT) Human Resources Line of 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Business (HRLOB) ................................................................................................................................... 235 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Additional Government-wide Mandated or Compliance Functions Supported by OPM and Enabling 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Structural Capacity Functions of OPM ..................................................................................................... 237 
                                                                                                                                                      Earned Benefit Trust Funds ............................................................................................................ 241 
                                                                                                                                                      Office of the Inspector General ....................................................................................................... 251 
                                                                                                                                                      Evidence and Evaluation ................................................................................................................. 263 
                                                                                                                                                      Other Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 269 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Report Consolidation ................................................................................................................................ 271 
                                                                                                                                                      Table of Abbreviations .................................................................................................................... 273 
 
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                                                                                                                                                      Executive Summary 
                                                                                                                                                      FY 2015 Budget Overview 
                                                                                                                                                      The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the Federal Government’s chief human resources 
                                                                                                                                                      agency and personnel policy manager of the Federal workforce.  OPM achieves its mission to Recruit, 
                                                                                                                                                       Retain and Honor a World-Class Workforce to Serve the American People by directing human resources 
                                                                                                                                                       and employee management, administering retirement, healthcare and insurance programs, overseeing 
                                                                                                                                                       merit-based and inclusive hiring into the civil service, and providing a secure employment process. 
                                                                                                                                                       OPM requests $240,188,000 in discretionary resources for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. $214,464,000 of this 
                                                                                                                                                       amount is for OPM activities.  This funding will support OPM’s executive leadership, administrative 
                                                                                                                                                       operations and services to the Federal Government, its employees, retirees, and the American public. 
                                                                                                                                                       $25,724,000 is for the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).  The OIG routinely conducts independent 
                                                                                                                                                       audits, investigations and assessments on OPM’s programs and activities.  Our request seeks 
                                                                                                                                                       approximately the same amount of resources in FY 2015 as appropriated for FY 2014.  Our request for 
                                                                                                                                                       OPM activities represents an increase of $129,000 from FY 2014 enacted levels, and the OIG request 
                                                                                                                                                       represents a $300,000 decrease from the same. 
                                                                                                                                                      OPM Budget FY 2013 through FY 2015 - Discretionary Resources  
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 OPM Budget Authority                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  FY 2013 Enacted                                                                                                                                                          FY 2014 Enacted                                                                                                                                                                                               FY 2015 CBJ 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Discretionary Appropriation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  $204,950,804                                                                                                                                                             $214,335,000                                                                                                                                                             $214,464,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Salaries & Expenses Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          $92,659,836                                                                                                                                                              $95,757,000                                                                                                                                                               $96,039,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       EHRI S&E - No-Year                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        $5,689,955                                                                                                                                                               $5,703,800                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       HRLOB S&E No-Year                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         $1,341,935                                                                                                                                                               $1,345,200                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Salaries & Expenses                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             $85,627,946                                                                                                                                                               $88,708,000                                                                                                                                                              $96,039,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Trust Fund Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          $112,290,968                                                                                                                                                             $118,578,000                                                                                                                                                             $118,425,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Trust Fund Annual                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      $112,290,968                                                                                                                                                             $115,978,000                                                                                                                                                              $118,425,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Trust Fund Limitation - No Year                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $2,600,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 OIG Discretionary Appropriation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       $24,109,307                                                                                                                                                              $26,024,000                                                                                                                                                               $25,724,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    OIG Discretionary Appropriation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $24,109,307                                                                                                                                                              $26,024,000                                                                                                                                                               $25,724,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Salaries & Expenses - OIG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 $2,977,655                                                                                                                                                               $4,684,000                                                                                                                                                                $4,384,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Trust Fund Annual - OIG                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         $21,131,652                                                                                                                                                               $21,340,000                                                                                                                                                              $21,340,000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 OPM Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $229,060,111                                                                                                                                                             $240,359,000                                                                                                                                                             $240,188,000 
                                                                                                                                                       
 
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