The new director of the executive branch’s human resources department is aiming to make the agency the most efficient in the government, he told reporters Monday.

“The culture is what drives our behavior, and what my perception is, and what I like to do in government is, I’d like for people to think about us as stewards of other people’s money, basically,” said Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor, who was sworn into office July 14, “so, taxpayers dollars, and for us to have an incentive structure that rewards delivery of great services.”

As a result, the OPM has drastically reduced its staff, seeing roughly one-third of its personnel depart since President Donald Trump took office six months ago.

At the beginning of the year, OPM had 3,000 employees and 1,200........

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