Trump Orders Shift of Potentially 100K Policy-Related Jobs Out of Competitive Service
An unknown but probably large number of federal employees whose positions involve formulating and carrying out policy would move from …More
An unknown but probably large number of federal employees whose positions involve formulating and carrying out policy would move from …More
Moving federal employees in positions involved in making or carrying out policy from the competitive service to the excepted service, …More
President Trump’s order to shift potentially tens of thousands or more federal employees into the excepted service from the competitive …More
Ronald Sanders, a longtime federal HR professional, has resigned from the Federal Salary Council in opposition to the Trump administration’s …More
The standard dollar limit on investments in the TSP, the “elective deferral limit,” will be unchanged in 2021 at $19,500, …More
Federal employees can help others with submitting routine applications and other forms to government agencies but should be mindful of …More
New figures from the Federal Salary Council show that the federal-private sector pay gap has fallen to 23.11 percent, continuing …More
OPM has finalized, with few changes from the version proposed a year ago, a broad-ranging set of rules that will …More
Newly finalized rules from OPM emphasize discretion for management officials when taking disciplinary action against federal employees on charges of …More
Final rules from OPM carrying out a 2018 executive order on disciplinary policies stress that agencies need not make more …More
Among the further details on the 2021 FEHB program newly announced are expanded coordination between some carriers and Medicare and …More
OPM has issued further details on the FEHB program for 2021 beyond the announcement last week of premium rates, which …More
Total TSP investments and average account sizes slipped in September along with the stock market, with the average balance for …More
Update: OPM has released 2021 rates for the Federal Employee Health Benefits and Federal Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Programs. …More
A federal retirement COLA of 1.3 percent will be paid in January, following completion of the count toward that adjustment …More
Along with the COLA increase of 1.3 percent in Social Security benefits for January—the same COLA that will apply to …More
OPM has proposed rules that would narrow the situations in which federal employees are eligible for back pay awards over …More
A new bill in the Senate would make optional the so-far mandatory change in Social Security payroll withholding that is …More
The interest rate will fall from the current 2.25 percent to 1.375 percent in 2021 on required deposits and redeposits …More
The Office of Government Ethics has issued guidance on acceptance by federal employees of “crowdsourced” donations, expanding on interpretations it …More
The rollout of the temporary waiver of Social Security taxes for many federal employees has been “chaotic,” a bipartisan group …More
In the latest developments in the ever-changing calculus regarding a further pandemic relief bill, the House added several provisions of …More
New bills have been offered in Congress to waive the “use or lose” restriction on annual leave beyond the situations …More
OPM has effectively put a hold on diversity type training in federal agencies pending its review of materials used for …More
The long-awaited authority for paid parental leave in the federal workplace has started with some issues regarding eligibility addressed but …More
Nearly 1 percent of TSP account holders have balances of $1 million or more in the latest accounting, exceeding the …More
The TSP has finalized rules it proposed earlier this year making certain expenses related to a natural disaster automatically eligible …More
A measure (HR-8337) to continue funding authority for federal agencies through December 11 was enacted at nearly the last minute …More
Federal employees who haven’t already seen their pay impacted by the Trump administration-ordered suspension of Social Security withholding should be …More
HHS is considering expanding the federal employee drug testing program to include requiring employees to provide hair samples, saying that …More