Senate Eyes Vote to Pay Federal Employees Working Unpaid
Senate Republican leaders have raised the prospect of calling a vote, possibly within days, on a bill to immediately pay …More
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OSC Nominee Withdraws ahead of Confirmation Hearing After Texts Surfaced
UPDATED: The White House’s nominee to head the Office of Special Counsel, Paul Ingrassia, has withdrawn ahead of a confirmation …More
Series of Bills Offered to Address Shutdown’s Impact on Employees
A series of bills has been offered in Congress to ease the impact on employees either furloughed without pay or …More
Public Starting to Feel Impact of Shutdown, Survey Shows
About half of the public is “already noticing tangible impacts from the federal government shutdown,” a poll by the Partnership …More
Legal Limbo and Dual-Branding Follow $600M Name Change
An executive order signed Sept. 5, 2025—and companion bills in both chambers—has reignited efforts to rename the Department of Defense …More
Financial Help Sources for Feds: What Ethics Policies Allow (and Don’t)
Federal employees are increasingly looking to sources of financial help as the partial government shutdown now has lasted three weeks …More
Order Against Shutdown-Linked RIFs Extends to RIFs Previously Planned, Judge Rules
A federal judge has enforced a broad reading of her earlier order temporarily stopping RIFs linked to the partial government …More
Court Blocks Shutdown RIFs for Now; OMB Says 10K Could be Fired
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against OMB from proceeding with RIFs amid the ongoing government shutdown. …More
Large Share of Federal Workforce about to Experience a Payless Pay Period
A large share of the federal workforce stands to receive no pay in the pay distribution for the biweekly pay …More
OPM Details Coverage Changes, Plan Dropouts for FEHB/PSHB in 2026
OPM has spelled out more details of health insurance coverage changes and plan availability for the 2026 plan year, with …More
Senate Passage of Defense Bill Leaves Union Issue to Conference with House
The Senate has passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (S-2296), leaving to an upcoming conference with the …More
TSP Takes Step toward Upcoming In-Plan Roth Conversions
The TSP has proposed rules to carry out the previously announced authority beginning in calendar year 2026 for investors to …More
MSPB Quorum Reinstated with Confirmation of Second Member
The Senate has confirmed James Woodruff, who among other roles has represented the Air Force in proceedings before the MSPB …More
Enrollee Premium Share Jumps 11-12 Percent; Open Season Nov 10 – Dec 8
OPM has announced that the 2025 Federal Benefits Open Season will take place from November 10 through December 8, 2025. …More
Financial Impact of Shutdown Starts to Hit Home; WH Threatens No Back Pay
Updated: With the partial shutdown now into its second week with a resolution still not in reach, the pay and …More
Surge of Retirement Applications Is in the Pipeline, Says OPM
OPM has said that it “we are now starting to see the first wave of new retirement applications” from those …More
Judge Blocks Application of Trump Order to Some Union Locals at Four Agencies
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the application of President Trump’s order on union representation at portions …More
Over 30K TSP Accounts Have Crossed the Million Mark in 2025
The number of TSP account holders with balances of at least $1 million continued to climb in the calendar quarter …More
OPM Advises Agencies on Conducting RIFs During Shutdown
Updated guidance from OPM on federal employment policies in a partial government shutdown kicking off on October 1 —notably includes …More
5 Steps to Protect Your Federal Job During the Shutdown
For the first time ever, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has directed agencies to use a shutdown as …More
Shutdown Stalls Hegseth’s Reforms on Two Fronts as Pentagon Accelerates Cuts
The October 2025 government shutdown froze not only paychecks and programs, but also stalled the Pentagon’s most ambitious structural reforms …More
Updated Shutdown Contingency Plans Show Range of Impacts
UPDATED: Some federal agencies—including the two largest, DoD and VA—have posted new breakdowns of which employees would be furloughed and …More
Use Shutdown as Justification for More RIFs, OMB Tells Agencies
OMB has told agencies to prepare to use the shutdown beginning Wednesday (October 1) as a justification to issue widespread …More
Stock Funds Lead as TSP Starts Fall with Gains
All TSP funds posted gains in September, led by large company stock C fund, up 3.65 percent, the international stock …More
Unions Win a Round in Court Disputes over Anti-Representation Orders
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep in place a ban on union representation in …More
Threats, Other Types of USPS Workplace Violence Not Fully Reported, IG Says
More than 2,600 threats and other types of workplace violence were reported to a USPS tracking system over fiscal 2022-2024 …More
Safety Alert Issued on Major Federal Building in Atlanta
The inspector general’s office at the GSA has issued a safety alert regarding a major federal building in Atlanta, the …More
Judge Pauses Announced RIF at Agency for Global Media
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a RIF of some 500 employees at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, including …More
Shutdown Pay and Benefits Considerations
With agency funding having lapsed and a partial shutdown underway, many federal employees are concerned about the impact on their …More
DHS Hiring Surge Marches On as OMB Threatens Possible Shutdown RIFs
DHS’s effort to hire 4,500 immigration enforcement personnel across Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and …More
