Go Big or Go Home

By Scott Kupor, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management

October 20, 2025 

Recently, I wrote about how incremental change can be an effective tool for increasing the quality and efficiency of government. And that remains true – just a little over one week later!

But sometimes change comes in big packages too. Today, we are rolling out one such big package that will be transformational for how we manage talent across the federal government.

Before we get to the future state, here are the relevant facts on the current lay of the land.

Today, the government has deployed 119 (there may be more, but that’s all we could in fact find) distinct core HCM (‘Human Capital Management’) systems – none of which integrate effectively with each other. Follow link to read more from OPM.gov. Go Big or Go Home