Parties Deeply Split over Potential Changes to Federal Employment Policies
A House hearing on the Trump administration’s budgetary and management plans for the federal workforce underscored how difficult it could …More
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Details on Agency Reorganization Plans Coming Soon, Says OMB
Specifics of agency reorganization plans will be announced in the coming weeks, OMB deputy director for management Margaret Weichert has …More
Raise Advancing for Military, but May Not Help Federal Employees
The annual DoD authorization bill up for a House vote this week (HR-5515) would provide uniformed military personnel a 2.6 …More
House DoD Bill Focuses on Hiring, Benefits, Work-Life Programs
The defense budget bill (HR-5515) set for a House vote this week would make only relatively minor changes in personnel …More
GSA Orders Relief from Additional Relocation Taxes
GSA has told agencies to reimburse federal employees who relocate to a new duty station for the additional taxes required …More
COLA Count Crosses 2 Percent Mark
Through seven months of the counting period toward the January 2019 federal retirement COLA, the count stands at 2.1 percent, …More
House Backs Tighter Control on VA Purchase Cards
The House has passed HR-5215, under which a VA employee who has “knowingly misused” an agency-issued purchase card would no …More
Congress Starts Considering Trump’s Agenda for Federal Workforce
A House committee has started Congress’s first close look at the recently issued President’s Management Agenda, part of what the …More
Prospects for Cuts Remain Uncertain as Budget Process Stirs
Some aspects of the Trump administration’s President’s Management Agenda, now getting its first close look on Capitol Hill, were included …More
House Bill Would Sweeten Several VA Employee Benefits
A bill (HR-5674) up for a House vote this week seeks to improve several benefits for VA employees in response …More
Trump Order Emphasizes Military Spouse Hiring Authority
Federal agencies must make fuller use of their authority to recruit and non-competitively hire spouses of military personnel into term, …More
MSPB Shows Signs of Strain Due to Lack of Quorum
The MSPB has changed a policy on how such cases are handled, due to its lack of a quorum in …More
Extension of Identity Theft Services Proposed
Around the third anniversary of the disclosure that two OPM databases containing personal information on millions of current and former …More
Reprisal/Retaliation Top List of EEO Complaints
In EEO complaints filed by federal employees, the reason cited most frequently is reprisal/retaliation, followed by age discrimination and physical …More
Trump Proposals Would Cost Federal Employees, Retirees above $143 Billion
OPM has estimated that the savings to the government–and thus the cost to employees and retirees– of the Trump administration’s …More
