Indian American lawyer and activist, Kiran Ahuja, 49 was confirmed June 22 by the slimmest of margins to serve in this top position head the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Kamala Harris announced to cast her vote in favour of Kiran Ahuja on Tuesday after the Senate vote on this resulted in 50-50 votes on party lines.

Ahuja is also the first South Asian American to lead the agency, under Biden’s promise to increase the diversity of his cabinet and leadership positions across the government, according to reports. During her confirmation hearings, Ahuja pledged to focus on supporting managers and improving employee engagement as a means of improving federal performance, rather than the previous administration’s approach of making it easier to remove poor-performing employees from government service, the report said. Ahuja has received support from several federal employee organizations, such as the American Federation of Government Employees, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, and the National Treasury Employees Union, the report added.

Ahuja has proven to be one of the more divisive Biden leadership picks overall, with both the cloture and confirmation votes requiring the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris, it said.

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