Scott Kupor
@skupor
Dir., Office of Personnel Management (previously, MP at a16z); Author of Secrets of Sand Hill Road; father of three amazing/crazy/beautiful girls.
Thank you to @realDonaldTrump for the opportunity to serve this great country. Our future as a nation is incredibly bright, and I am humbled to be able to play a small part in helping ensure this path to further greatness!
Hell yea @skupor! The US government is lucky to have you. Make meritocracy great again.
Malkiel seems to have forgotten that Swensen wrote an entire book for individual investors telling them to stick with low-cost publicly traded funds; he never counseled other than the most sophisticated institutions to invest in alts. wsj.com/opinion/dimini… via @WSJopinion
Tremendous leadership on the part of @realDonaldTrump and his great technology leaders - @mkratsios47, @sriramk and @DavidSacks - to ensure that the US remains the leader in AI
America’s AI Action Plan is quite strong. It has a clear a mission to win the AI race and accelerate the development and use of AI by removing roadblocks or aiding adoption. Importantly, it focuses on the positive benefits of AI, which we’re all seeing every day.
What does “OPM” really stand for??
The new director of the executive branch’s human resources department is aiming to make the agency the most efficient in the government. As a result, the OPM has drastically reduced its staff, seeing roughly one-third of its personnel depart. dailysignal.com/2025/07/21/oth…
Grateful to host a thoughtful conversation with reporters yesterday at OPM. From modernizing hiring to unleashing talent across government, we’re focused on building a federal workforce that delivers for the American people. More to come.
If you’re interested in hearing more about our areas of focus at OPM, have a look at the internal message I sent the team today. Lots of big stuff to focus on. opm.gov/news/from-the-…
Very excited to see the good work that @BrianQuintenz will do at the CFTC
Brian Quintenz is getting a Senate Ag Committee vote Monday afternoon to lead the CFTC agriculture.senate.gov/hearings/busin…
In the interest of transparency, I am launching a weekly blog to keep you informed about what we are doing at @USOPM - see if you recognize the title!
OPM Director @skupor is launching a new weekly blog to share updates, insights, and ideas on the future of the federal workforce. Read the press release and first post: opm.gov/news/opm-direc…
From startups to federal service, I’ve always believed people are what make organizations thrive. I’m launching Secrets of OPM—a new blog to share what we’re building, learning, and rethinking each week. First post here: opm.gov/news/secrets-o…
No more “low risk, low reward” when it comes to the federal workforce. Read my “One Good Text” from Monday with @mchalfant16 in @semafor:
I applaud @POTUS’s bold call for AI and energy investments across PA. These technologies are key to modernizing our nation, and that includes the federal workforce. OPM will deploy AI to help improve the quality and efficiency of our services and we will help ensure that the…
No federal worker should have to choose between their job and their religion. As we have done with other reasonable accommodations, OPM's new guidance encourages the use of telework, flexible schedules, and leave to meet reasonable religious needs while maintaining efficient…
I am honored today to officially join @USOPM as director and help lead the federal workforce modernization effort through efficiency, accountability, and putting taxpayers first. I am grateful to @POTUS for this opportunity and to all the dedicated public servants at OPM.
"The upshot is that 'there is no effect of economic development on size-adjusted physical activity expenditure,' Pontzer says. In which case, the fundamental problem isn’t that we’re moving too little, meaning more exercise is unlikely to reduce obesity much."…
"Calpers chief executive Marcie Frost said private equity was 'an asset class we have conviction in and we think it will outperform the public markets over the long term, and why shouldn’t our members have access to those outsized returns?'” ft.com/content/ca30fa… via @ft
"Not only is it now almost at parity with the US but it has that growth trajectory. It wouldn’t be sensationalist to suggest that China will overtake the US in the next few years purely in terms of numbers of drugs that it’s bringing through into its pipeline."…
Andy Roddick: "The biggest joke I've watched in professional tennis." wsj.com/sports/tennis/…
Who would've thought that a boring topic such as private equity marks could all of a sudden become so scintillating? wsj.com/finance/invest… via @WSJ
What is wrong with @Columbia - lying on their US News stats to boost their ranking? nytimes.com/2025/07/01/nyr…
POTUS filling out his "5 (ok, 6) things I did this week" email: (1) Neutralized Iranian nuclear threat; (2) Implemented ceasefire in the 12 Day War; (3) Successful 1:1 with Bibi to preserve said ceasefire; (4) Convinced NATO countries to increase defense spending to 5%; (5) Got…