In the past, the military has dismissed the OPM as no more than a gang of hoodlums and it had given no indication that it was prepared to change its view.

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As the IG's report notes, OPM has implemented 10 of their 14 recommendations.

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As of 2011, the latest year for which data is posted on OPM, federal employees accounted for only 1.39 percent of the total US population.

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