When it comes to modernizing back office functions across the government, sometimes you have to start at the bottom…

Jeff Pollack, the HR Line of Business program manager at OPM, said they are focusing on those basic definitions through the draft HR Federal Integrated Business Framework (FIBF) that is out for public comment now…

OPM has been developing the draft framework, for which comments on due by Feb. 8, for the last several years as part of the HR Quality Service Management Office (QSMO) effort.

“What we’re really looking to learn, are did we hit the mark with the standards that we have posted? Are there gaps? What are the best practices? Are the standards easy to understand? Are they implement implementable? Did we write them in such a way that as a vendor, you could look at them and say, ‘Ok, I can see where my company or my solution can deliver on these standards?’” Pollack said… Read the full article here.