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<\/a><\/p>\n Drew Friedman<\/a>@dfriedmanWFED<\/a><\/p>\n \n July 1, 2025 5:35 pm <\/p>\n 3 min read<\/p>\n The government\u2019s database of federal employment statistics is on the verge of a major update, the Office of Personnel Management announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n A planned overhaul of FedScope \u2014 one of OPM\u2019s largest data assets \u2014 will occur in iterations and culminate in the launch of a new and modernized FedScope platform this fall.<\/p>\n The updated platform will contain \u201cinteractive visuals\u201d and \u201cdetailed datasets,\u201d as well as new tools \u201ctailored to answer the most frequently asked questions about federal employment,\u201d the Trump administration wrote in a press release Tuesday.<\/p>\n Some early steps of the FedScope modernization process are already underway. OPM published new federal employment, accession and separation data, up to March 2025, on the legacy FedScope website<\/a>.<\/p>\n ]]><\/p>\n The data currently available through FedScope doesn\u2019t entirely capture the federal workforce overhauls that have taken place during the Trump administration. But in its press release, OPM lauded the March 2025 data, which shows an initial net reduction of about 23,000 federal employees governmentwide.<\/p>\n \u201cHundreds of thousands more workers will drop off the rolls in October 2025, when workers depart the federal government as part of the deferred resignation program; and tens of thousands of employees who have received reduction-in-force or termination notices remain on government payrolls due to court orders that the administration is now challenging,\u201d OPM wrote.<\/p>\n OPM\u2019s need to modernize its data assets has been on the government\u2019s radar for about a decade. In a report<\/a> from 2016, the Government Accountability Office recommended that OPM update the FedScope platform and improve the availability of payroll data in the Enterprise Human Resources Integration system, which maintains electronic Official Personnel Folders for federal employees.<\/p>\n OPM has been working to update several of its workforce data assets since at least the end of the Biden administration. Federal News Network reported<\/a> in early January that the agency was already in the process of building out its data management capabilities for FedScope and EHRI. OPM also said in December 2023 that it had finalized a two-year data improvement plan and was targeting a completion date at the end of fiscal 2025, according to last year\u2019s budget justification<\/a>.<\/p>\n In its July 1 press release, the Trump administration criticized what it said was a lack of prioritization and a lagging timeline for updating FedScope during the previous administration. Instead, OPM said the platform is now \u201cundergoing immediate enhancements.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOPM is looking to finalize this modernization effort within the first year of this administration,\u201d an agency spokesperson told Federal News Network by email. \u201cIf the Biden-Harris administration had prioritized this, it would be done already.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear what datasets will be available once the new FedScope platform launches this fall. The Trump administration already wiped race and ethnicity data from FedScope earlier this year, according to reporting<\/a> from Bloomberg. The data was removed as part of President Donald Trump\u2019s orders to eliminate all diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programs across government.<\/p>\n ]]><\/p>\n An OPM spokesperson declined to comment on whether the agency would make further changes to the types of federal workforce data collected and published on FedScope.<\/p>\n OPM\u2019s announcement also comes after the agency eliminated its Human Capital Data Management and Modernization office through multiple rounds of reductions in force. The HCDMM component had been responsible for overseeing OPM\u2019s large workforce datasets, including FedScope and the EHRI system. All OPM employees working in the HCDMM component either saw their positions terminated<\/a> or took voluntary resignation offers this spring.<\/p>\n Following the RIFs, an OPM spokesperson said the agency\u2019s Human Resources Solutions department is now handling the FedScope modernization effort.<\/p>\n OPM said it will continue to engage with regular users of FedScope, such as researchers, journalists and policymakers, to help guide the redesign of the platform.<\/p>\n \u201cData transparency is essential to building trust in the federal government,\u201d OPM Acting Director Chuck Ezell said.\u00a0\u201cBy modernizing FedScope, we\u2019re delivering on our promise to make federal workforce data easier to access and understand, ensuring the public and agencies alike have the information they need to make informed decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n If you would like to contact this reporter about recent changes in the federal government, please email drew.friedman@federalnewsnetwork.com<\/a> or reach out on Signal at drewfriedman.11<\/strong><\/p>\n Copyright
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