FEDWeek
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
Switch to Excepted Service Would Affect Hiring, Job Protections
Moving federal employees in positions involved in making or carrying out policy from the competitive service to the excepted service, …More
Executive Order Stirs Concern of Politicizing Career Civil Service
President Trump’s order to shift potentially tens of thousands or more federal employees into the excepted service from the competitive …More
Narrowing of Federal-Private Sector Pay Gap Continues
New figures from the Federal Salary Council show that the federal-private sector pay gap has fallen to 23.11 percent, continuing …More
OPM Issues Rules Giving Management a Stronger Hand
OPM has finalized, with few changes from the version proposed a year ago, a broad-ranging set of rules that will …More
Rules Set Standards for Discipline in Conduct Cases
Newly finalized rules from OPM emphasize discretion for management officials when taking disciplinary action against federal employees on charges of …More
Federal Manager's Daily Report
Data Lacking on Sexual Harassment, Says GAO
A GAO report says that while sexual harassment has been proven to create health, productivity, career, and reporting and legal …More
Federal Retirement & Financial Planning Report
Pandemic Spurred Many Retirees to Shore Up Finances
The Coronavirus pandemic spurred many retirees to shore up their finances by focusing on eliminating debt and/or building up funds …More
TSP Investment Report
The Markets Remain in Uncertain Territory
The S&P 500, which the C Fund tracks, is in a somewhat bearish trend recently: After its sharp March crash, …More
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First Space Force Recruits Enter Boot Camp
Four recruits in Baltimore and other three in Denver began the journey to become the first Space Force recruits to …More