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Kiran Ahuja

Kiran Arjandas Ahuja (born June 17, 1971) is an American lawyer and activist who served as the Chief of Staff to the Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 2015 to 2017. She assumed that position after serving for six years as the director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. An India-born American, she has also been a lawyer with the United States Department of Justice and a founding director of a non-profit, the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. In 2017, she became the Chief Executive Officer of Philanthropy Northwest.

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Savannah Morning News

Savannah native Kiran Ahuja recaps first year as head of Office of Personnel Management

Last year, Kiran Ahuja was nominated and confirmed as head of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the agency responsible for millions of federal civilian employees. Ahuja, who hails from Savannah, Georgia, is the first Indian American woman to take the post. She’s a Windsor Forest High School graduate and...

SAVANNAH, GA2022-02-17

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GovExec.com

GovExec Daily: OPM Director Kiran Ahuja on the Biden Management Agenda

In releasing its Presidential Management Agenda Vision last month, the Biden administration focused employee engagement and customer service in ways previous PMAs had not. Recruitment and retention are key points in the document, putting a fine point on the need to bring in younger workers into the public sector fold.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION2021-12-20

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Washington Post

The Biden Administration: Kiran Ahuja

She is the chief human resources director for the nation’s largest employer, the federal government. Join Kiran Ahuja, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, as she addresses the rollout of the federal COVID-19 vaccine policy. Ahuja will have an integral role in enforcing the new requirements and will discuss implementation as various agencies grapple with the challenge.

POTUS2021-10-01

Fox News

Kamala Harris breaks tie as Senate confirms Kiran Ahuja, Biden nominee with critical race theory ties

The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Kiran Ahuja to be the director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on a 50-50 party-line vote with Vice President Kamala Harris providing the tiebreaking 51st vote in Ahuja's favor. Republicans were staunchly opposed to Ahuja's nomination, citing her ties to critical...

CONGRESS & COURTS2021-06-22

Savannah Morning News

Savannah native Kiran Ahuja chosen by Biden to lead Office of Personnel Management

A Savannah native has been nominated for a role in President Joe Biden’s administration. Kiran Ahuja, a Windsor Forest High School graduate, was tapped by the President to head the Office of Personnel Management, an agency responsible for the millions of Americans in the federal civilian workforce. Opinion:U.S. Citizenship Act...

SAVANNAH, GA2021-03-01

Social News XYZ

Biden appoints Kiran Ahuja to top personnel management job

New York, Feb 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President Joe Biden has appointed Kiran Ahuja, a civil rights lawyer and an advocate for Asians, to head the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

POTUS2021-02-24