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By: FEDweek StaffCommittee reports have been filed recently that pave the way for Congress to vote after returning to a post-election session on bills including:
* HR-4399, to provide direct hire authority for hiring into federal wildland firefighting and firefighting support positions in the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior.
* HR-1314, to authorize the Interior Department to enter into partnerships with non-federal entities and other federal agencies for the development of employee housing in and near national parks.
* S-2866, to require agencies to develop a written comprehensive strategy to improve customer experience, including a plan to adopt appropriate customer service best practices from the private sector such as online services, telephone call back services, and employee training programs.
* S-4035, to require that when FEHB enrollees seek to add a family member to their coverage based on a qualifying life event that the event has occurred and that the individual is eligible for coverage; require the OPM to consider coverage of ineligible individuals when conducting FEHB fraud risk assessments; require a comprehensive audit be conducted of family members currently enrolled; and require OPM to disenroll any ineligible individual found to be receiving FEHB coverage.
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See also,
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