Portal of federal employment metrics to get a facelift, OPM announces

The Office of Personnel Management plans to update FedScope, the government’s portal for statistics on the federal civilian workforce, it announced on Tuesday.

“In the coming months, OPM will launch a newly designed platform featuring interactive visuals, detailed datasets, and tools tailored to answer the most frequently asked questions about federal employment,” OPM said in a press release, previewing a fall 2025 update to the website. 

A banner on the website also hints at more regular updates, saying that “beginning this fall, Federal Workforce Data will be routinely available in an easily accessible, reimagined format.”

Although the agency slammed the previous administration for not updating the public-facing website sooner, the effort started under the Biden White House, according to news reports and former employees.

There’s been an ongoing effort to update FedScope over the last two years as part of a larger, multi-million dollar push to modernize the ...