Budget Requires More Scrutiny of Telework but Stops Short of Ordering More Onsite Work
The budget measure enacted last weekend wrapping up funding for the rest of the current fiscal year requires greater scrutiny …More
The budget measure enacted last weekend wrapping up funding for the rest of the current fiscal year requires greater scrutiny …More
The wrapup budget measure continues several longstanding provisions on federal personnel policies, while rejecting several that had been in a …More
A report from the House Veterans Affairs Committee’s Republican majority argues for the return of restrictions on VA employee rights …More
A bill (HR-7726) has been reintroduced in Congress to overturn a court decision holding that employees in positions designated as …More
The Office of Special Counsel has said it has achieved positive results in two whistleblower-based cases, resulting in a reinstatement …More
A record percentage of federal employees under the FERS retirement program, 87.3 percent, now are investing enough of their own …More
UPDATED: The House passed a $1.2 trillion bill (286 to 134) on Friday, later followed by the Senate early Saturday …More
Renewed attention has been raised to the running issue of safety of letter carriers, with introduction of a new bill …More
OPM has conditionally approved 32 carriers for the new Postal Service Health Benefits program for postal employees and retirees that …More
The GSA is asking Congress to create a new federal building “Optimization Program” with an up-front budget of $425 million …More
The House has passed, over the objections of the White House, a set of bills pressing for consolidating federal office …More
Through five months of the counting period toward the January 2025 federal retirement COLA, the count stands at 1 percent, …More
The Labor Department has issued guidance on new requirements for Federal Employees Compensation Act beneficiaries to pay to the government …More
President Biden has recommended that federal employees receive a 2 percent pay raise in January 2025, a figure well below …More
While seeking a January 2025 raise of 2 percent (see related story), the White House’s fiscal 2025 budget proposal cites …More
President Biden’s fiscal 2025 budget proposal seeks several relatively minor changes to the FEHB health insurance and the FEDVIP vision-dental …More
The Biden administration’s budget proposal calls on Congress to change the law to prevent the return of an excepted service …More
President Biden has issued an open letter to federal employees thanking them for their “tireless service on behalf of our …More
GAO has said that two-thirds of federal buildings known to contain asbestos have not been reinspected every five years as …More
Congress again narrowly avoided a partial government shutdown with the Senate voting 75 – 22 on Friday to approve a …More
After an up and down start to the year, the main TSP stock funds surged in February reflecting new records …More
The TSA has taken steps to address the persistently low levels of employee engagement among transportation security officers but still …More
The GSA has proposed a clarification of policies on determining an employee’s or new hire’s eligibility for benefits for relocating …More
In the third iteration of a program of having private companies collect certain tax debts on behalf of the IRS, …More
The return of an excepted service Schedule F in a future Republican administration could impact far more federal employees than …More
A GAO report has called for more focus on training on preventing sexual harassment in the federal workforce, saying that …More
A new GAO report on training on preventing sexual harassment in the federal workplace says that such harassment has been …More
The TSP now has more than 7 million account holders for the first time in its history, and also set …More
OPM has issued its annual “call letter” on federal employee health insurance, which for the 2025 plan year will see …More
OPM has told agencies that broadened eligibility for federal employees to take unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave …More