<P> The United States Office of Personnel Management (acronym: OPM) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that manages the government's civilian workforce . The agency provides federal human resources policy, oversight and support, and tends to healthcare, insurance and retirement benefits and services for federal government employees . </P> <P> OPM is headed by a director, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate . The position is currently filled by Jeff Tien Han Pon since March 9, 2018 . On September 2, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Pon to be OPM's next director . Pon was confirmed by voice vote on March 7, 2018 . </P> <P> The United States Civil Service Commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 . The commission was abolished and replaced by OPM on January 1, 1979, following the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (43 FR 36037, 92 Stat. 3783). </P> <P> In 1996 the investigation branch of the OPM was privatized, and USIS was formed . </P>

When was the office of personnel management established