FEDWeek

Budget Release Coming Up

The White House is due to present its annual budget proposal Monday (February 2), with no indications so far that it will include major changes in federal personnel …More

Some Prior Ideas to Repeat, Others to Drop

Air Force officials already have said they will ask once again for another round of DoD base closings and realignments of the sort that have caused the loss …More

Check Those Pay Statements (Published: January 28, 2015)

Special TSP Considerations Apply in FERS (Published: January 28, 2015)

Take Care on Use of Official Title by Others (Published: January 28, 2015)

Key Committees Realigned (Published: January 28, 2015)

SES, Clearance Bills Introduced (Published: January 28, 2015)

Leave Memo Both Less, More Than It Appears (Published: January 21, 2015)

Basic Advance Leave Policies Not Changed (Published: January 21, 2015)

Administrative Leave Idea Requires Legislation (Published: January 21, 2015)

Federal Manager's Daily Report

Telework Oversight Found Lacking at GSA

An IG’s report has criticized management’s oversight of telework at GSA, one of the primary agencies that has pushed remote work in recent years, holding itself up as …More

SSA Puts Back Half the Office Hours It Cut (Published: January 29, 2015)

SSA Uses Rehired Annuitants to Combat Brain Drain (Published: January 28, 2015)

FEDweek IT

GSA Developing Contract for Agile Delivery Services

GSA’s 18F Digital Services team has announced it is partnering with the Office of Integrated Technology Services to establish a government-wide blanket purchase agreement with vendors that specialize …More

18F Spawning Digital Government Teams (Published: January 26, 2015)

Federal Retirement & Financial Planning Report

More Investment Choice May Not Be Better

A report from the Center for Retirement Research argues in favor of having a limited choice of funds in retirement savings programs similar to the TSP, as well …More

Some Work After Disability Retirement Is Allowed (Published: January 29, 2015)

Armed Forces News

Vets’ Groups Send Wish List to Hill

Four of the nation’s largest veterans’ service organizations presented its annual independent budget for the 114th Congress, calling for increased attention to health care, infrastructure, education, employment, training, …More

Marines Get New Sergeant Major (Published: January 23, 2015)