OPM DC Status

As soon as I came across this app on the App Store I was udderly mesmerized. How could this be? I’ve spent hours each day scrolling to find the perfect app and bam, here it is. My eyes were first caught by the gentle curves of the tab titled “Dismissal and Closure Procedures”, the writing in elegant grey font, a stark contrast from the sharp green above. With great difficulty I tear myself away from it and allow my gaze to rest on the three bars lovingly crafted in the left hand corner. Immediately I am overcome with a great sense of adventure, it was as an unexplored crevice appears to a nimble spelunker. I tap my fingers on them gently, unlocking a world of wonders. Three choices appear before me, a hidden emblem adorns the space beneath them and I gasp. What wonders are in store for me? What journeys lie ahead? Only time will tell….

I have patiently waited until an inclement weather day to see if I would get an alert. Today is the day! January 6, 2025. Snowed all night. Forecast for continued snow all day. Federal Government CLOSED. This is exactly the reason why I have this app. Yet NO notifications. I have updated the app, checked all my settings. Nothing. And this is a large storm where updates regarding closures and delays are crucial over the next couple days. Additionally, January 9 was declared a federal holiday, date of morning for President Jimmy Carter. Will I get a notification for that?? I can easily check status online. The whole purpose of the app for me is to receive notifications, which used to occur seamlessly. Please do better, OPM. Please fix the app, so that notifications work properly. If there is something that all these reviewers are doing wrong with regard to notifications, please add a tutorial page to walk us through the process to get notifications.

Successfully communicates operating status daily, whether you want it to or not! I have my settings configured to NOT provide a nightly alert and it does anyway. I also have the individual alerts sets to NOT alert me if status is OPEN. Yet every night a get an alert that it's open the next day. Assuming that most people are primarily interested in closures for weather or other reasons, you should probably make the settings work so that you can actually only be notified of closures.