Your Federal Life -- Dec. 17, 2025

Federal senior executives have some new training and development opportunities from the Office of Personnel Management. The optional courses cover many of the Trump administration’s new priorities for the federal workforce. OPM launched the training programs in November, but there will be continuous updates to the content moving forward. We get more from OPM Director Scott Kupor.

Plus, the Trump administration’s deviation from norms as it transitioned into the White House earlier this year is raising questions about the future of presidential transition planning. A new report from the Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition takes a deeper look at that transfer of power — and says there is a need for transition reforms, especially when it comes to transparency and security. The Partnership’s vice president of government affairs, Jenny Mattingley, tells us the details.

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