OPM to Close FLTCIP to New Enrollments Starting December 19
Effective December 19 and through the following 24 months the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program will not accept new enrollments …More
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OPM Looks to Consolidate, Revise Forms for Vetting Current, Prospective Employees
OPM has indicated that it intends to consolidate and revise forms used in vetting both current and prospective federal employees …More
Open-Space Floor Plans Maybe Not Such a Good Idea Now, Report Suggests
The shift to open-space floor plans in federal offices of recent years has complicated agency policies for increasing the amount …More
House Group Presses OPM on Retirement Processing
A group of a dozen House Republicans has pressed OPM on the time it takes for federal retirees to begin …More
More Investors under FERS Maxing Out Gov Match, TSP Says
The TSP has said that in the two years since it raised the default investment amount for newly hired federal …More
Congress Clears Bill Improving Benefits under Special Retirement Provisions
The Senate has joined the House in passing HR-521, to preserve the benefits of federal first responders and others covered …More
Health Care FSA Account Carry-Over Reminder
Toward the end of the year, some employees become concerned about losing money in their health care flexible spending accounts …More
Partisan Clashes over Federal Workforce All but Assured in New Congress
Republicans took the House on Wednesday with an election victory in California delivering a 218 seat majority, and setting the …More
OPM Erases Personnel Rules It Had Issued Under Trump Orders
OPM has formally revoked rules it had issued in late 2020 to carry out the executive orders that had formed …More
Rules Changes Set Tone on Federal Employee Performance, Conduct Issues
In deleting rules it had issued under Trump administration orders on discipline of federal employees – orders that President Biden …More
Reasons Federal Employees Stay Vary by Generation, Study Says
There are a half-dozen main reasons federal employees continue with the government rather than move on to other employers but …More
OPM Paves Way to Suspend New FLTCIP Enrollments, ‘Reprice’ Premiums
OPM has paved the way to suspend enrollments in the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Program and to “reprice” — almost …More
Report Sees Reluctance to Take Management Roles among SSA Employees
The Social Security Administration continues to lose staff and faces challenges in hiring to fill vacancies, both from the outside …More
Presidential Rank Award Winners Named
The Biden administration has chosen 233 winners from 33 agencies for the Presidential Rank Awards, top honors for career employees …More
Post-Election Session Congress’s Last Call for Pending Federal Workforce Issues
Congress returns next week from an extended recess with just four scheduled working weeks in which to decide on a …More
Open Season Just Ahead; Offers Choices of Plans, Options
The annual federal benefits open season starting next Monday (November 14) and running through December 12 provides an opportunity for …More
Open Season is for FEDVIP, FSAs, Too
While most of the attention focuses on the FEHB health insurance program during the annual benefits open season—this year November …More
TSP Millionaire Count Falls Again
Only about six-tenths of TSP account holders who had at least $1 million on investment at the start of the …More
Retirements Increased in Fiscal 2022; Average Processing Time Three Months at OPM
During fiscal 2022 that ended in September OPM processed more than 100,000 federal retirement applications for the first time in …More
Report Urges Enactment of First Responder Retirement Fix
A committee report urges that the Senate follow the House’s lead in passing a bill (HR-521) to address what it …More
Pay Gap Increases; New, Expanded Localities Again Recommended
Federal employees lag private sector employees in comparable jobs in salary by 24.09 percent, according to the latest figures from …More
Early Marker for 2024 Raise Set: 5.2 Percent
An early marker has been set for the January 2024—not 2023—federal employee raise, with announcement by the Labor Department of …More
Pay Attention to Family vs. Self Plus One Rates in FEHB, OPM Advises
OPM has asked agencies to call to the attention of their employees that some rates for self plus one coverage …More
October Returns a Treat for TSP Stock Fund Investors
All three stock-based TSP funds posted strong gains in October, led by the small company stock S fund, up 8.59 …More
It’s ‘Critical’ to Act This Year to Bar a New Schedule F, Groups Say
A coalition of unions and other organizations representing federal employees has said it is “critical” that Congress act this year …More
This Open Enrollment Season, Look Out for Health Insurance That Seems Too Good to Be True
It took nearly a year for Kelly Macauley to realize the health plan she bought while shopping for insurance coverage …More
TSP Investors Down $120 Billion for Year; Average Account Loses $30,000
The average account balance for TSP investors in both the CSRS and FERS systems is down about $30,000 through September, …More
Overall Satisfaction Slips a Bit in Federal Employee Survey
A measure of overall satisfaction of the federal workforce slipped from 64 to 62 percent positive in the latest Federal …More
TSP Investment Limits Increasing; FSA, Transit Subsidy Rates Also Rising
The IRS has raised the standard investment limit for the TSP and other 401(k) type retirement savings plans to $22,500 …More
More Employees Onsite and More Often, Survey Shows
More federal employees are working onsite and more often this year than last, continuing a downward trend since the mid-2020 …More
