Senate Homeland Security committee hears nominees for OPM director and OMB deputy director for management

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee met to consider the nominations of Scott Cooper to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management and Eric Ueland to be Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget, hearing opening statements and extended questioning from senators.

Why it matters: OPM and OMB oversee hiring policy, performance management, federal procurement and financial management across the civil service. Senators framed the hearing around reforms proposed by the administration, the pace and transparency of personnel reductions, data-security concerns and the federal budget trajectory.

Scott Cooper, the OPM nominee, described a private‑sector career in technology and venture capital and said the federal government must be placed on “a sustainable fiscal path.” He told the…