TSP: S&P and Bond Funds Lead in March, I Fund Looking Cheap
The common stock C and bond F funds posted gains of nearly 2 percent in March—1.95 and 1.93 percent, respectively—while …More
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Budget Plan Assuming Higher Retirement Contributions Advances
The Senate Budget Committee has approved a budget plan that assumes an increase in required retirement contributions for most federal …More
Few Claims Filed for Post-Data Breach Services
In the more than three years since the government started offering identity protection services and identity theft insurance to those …More
Rotation Program Seen as Step toward Single Cyber Workforce
A proposed new program for rotation of cybersecurity employees among agencies would be a step toward creating a government-wide cadre …More
Pay Raise Finalized, but More Waiting Likely for Payout
President Trump has issued an executive order finalizing new pay rates for this year reflecting an average 1.9 percent raise …More
Senate Panel Eyes Higher Retirement Contributions
A Senate committee has taken the first of what would have to be many steps in Congress toward requiring federal …More
MSPB Seeks Funding Boost, Contrary to Administration Request
In an unusual move, the MSPB has submitted a “bypass request” to Congress, saying that the White House’s fiscal 2020 …More
Bills on Security Clearances, Relocation Taxes Introduced
Among the bills recently reintroduced in Congress was S-838, a bipartisan bill to require decisions to grant, deny, or revoke …More
Dispute over Divorce Policy Heads to Court
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association has filed suit against OPM’s reversal in 2016 of a longstanding policy regarding how …More
Guidance Issued on Shutdown’s Impact on Use or Lose Leave
OPM has told agencies to process donations of “use or lose” annual leave, and use of such leave by recipients, …More
Workforce Grew Slightly in Fiscal 2018
The number of federal employees grew slightly in fiscal 2018 as measured both by a count of the overall workforce …More
Budget Takes Aim at Leave, Within-Grade Raises
The Trump administration has released additional documents as a follow-up to last week’s budget proposals for fiscal 2020, making clear …More
Some Details Added to FEHB, Retirement Proposals
New budget-related documents from the White House spell out in more detail the proposals related to retirement and FEHB contained …More
Frustration Grows along with Wait for Raise, Back Pay
The continued delay in paying out the average 1.9 percent raise enacted into law February 15—and the accompanying delay in …More
Budget Requests Buyout Boost, New Incentives
Among the provisions of the Trump administration’s latest budget proposal that might be viewed as a positive for federal employees …More