In this issue: USA Staffing, Shutdown Updates, Onboarding Experience, 2025.3 Release, Federal Hiring Leader, Honor Veterans, Help Desk Reminder, Training Calendar Updates

OMB Reassures: No Mandate for Agencies to Use USA Staffing

By now, we have all seen the RFIs and RFPs for OPM’s HRIT modernization efforts. As always, MonsterGov continues to advocate on behalf of its agencies and engage with federal stakeholders for clarification on all federal HR initiatives. OMB continues to assure us that OPM’s HRIT procurement plans do not include Talent Acquisition Systems, nor an implied mandate that agencies must use OPM's USA Staffing. We encourage federal agencies with any questions or concerns to reach out to us. OMB has also offered to provide direct reassurances to agencies who are feeling pressured to switch to USA Staffing and those contacts are available in our Corner post below.

Top 5 MHME Updates During Shutdown

As government agencies are back to full operations, we want to help you catch up on any MHME happenings during the shutdown period, including our Part 2 Webinar on the Merit Hiring Plan, USAJOBS's new DC Task Force page, using Rule of Many with MHME, and an update on our annual FedRAMP assessment. Check out our Top 5 Highlights below!

Provide a Positive New Hire Experience with Monster Onboarding+

Looking for more creative and innovative ways to improve your applicant experience and reduce time-to-hire, as part of your overall Merit Hiring plans? Monster Onboarding+ is a FedRAMP-secure platform that streamlines the offer and new hire processes through a welcoming and personalized agency onboarding portal. With seamless integrations with our MHME federal TAS, your agency can save time, reduce errors, easily track progress, and make this critical phase easier and better for all involved.

Prepare for Release 2025.3 Deploying Soon

Get Ready! Release 2025.3 of MHME will be deployed to production systems on December 6, 2025. We’re excited to provide more enhancements in support of OPM’s Merit Hiring Plan, such as streamlined applicant notifications and more flexibility in job analysis. MHME agencies can still prepare for this next release by watching the Client Preview recording available in the Corner and accessing their evaluation environment. Please note, UAT ends on December 5.

Wondering what commercial power in federal hiring gets you?

There are many reasons - and now federal mandates - to leverage the private sector when modernizing government systems. Commercial technology providers are held to standards that government technology providers are not held to. These commercial standards result in innovative solutions, competitive pricing, and rigorous security frameworks, like FedRAMP. Commercial providers also drive clearer scope, stronger accountability, and more effective acquisition processes. These are some of the reasons why MonsterGov is the commercial leader in federal talent acquisition systems. Wondering what else you can get from a commercial leader? See for yourself!

Honor and Hire Veterans with MonsterGov

Thank you to all our nation’s veterans and their family members for the ultimate sacrifice – and an extra thank you to the veterans who still continue to contribute to public service whether a MonsterGov employee, our agency clients, or the larger public sector community. Veterans bring their own level of talent, skills, dedication, and mission focus that should not go unnoticed, and empowering federal agencies to hire veterans has always been part of our MHME system.

Help Desk Reminder for End of Year Holidays

A gentle reminder that our live Help Desk will have reduced availability over the final 2025 holidays:

• Thanksgiving (11/27): CLOSED
• Day after Thanksgiving (11/28): 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Christmas Eve (12/24): 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
• Christmas (12/25): CLOSED
• New Year’s Eve (12/31): 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
• New Year’s (1/1): CLOSED

MHME users can also check the calendar in the Corner below for the latest.

Upcoming Federal TAS Training Courses

We’re thrilled to share that our 2026 Training Events are now available on our calendar, and you can see our final TAS training sessions for the year below! These virtual training events are open-enrollment and agencies can use their Educational Unit (EU) credits. Please note, our schedule for December 2025 is now final and no longer open for any additional agency-only trainings.

•  Selecting Employees: Dec 3-4 (Wed & Thurs)

•  Basic Monster Hiring Management Enterprise: Dec 9-10 (Tues & Wed)