Decision Time Ahead on Many Issues
Both Houses of Congress will be back at work next week following an extended spring break, with much of the …More
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Congress already has signaled several issues most likely to gain attention in the available working time ahead. One involves administrative …More
Push Renewed to Limit Appeal Rights
Another issue likely remain prominent in the time ahead is employee appeal rights–with the first focus on the VA, as …More
TSP Stock Funds Spring Forward in March
The three stock-oriented TSP funds posted strong gains in March, led by the small company stock S fund, up 8.24 …More
Whistleblower, Other Bills Offered; Hiring Process Change Signed
Standard whistleblower protections would be extended to national security personnel and they would have the right to appeal a revoked …More
DoD Set to Launch New Performance Evaluation System
Barring a last-minute delay, DoD will begin on Friday (April 1) a new performance evaluation system intended to eventually cover …More
Some Categories to Be Excluded
The DoD program has been in development for more than six years, since the repeal of the former pay for …More
Committee Seeks Information on Disciplinary Practices
The main House committee overseeing federal employment matters has asked agencies to explain their policies for taking disciplinary actions, the …More
Budget Report Spells Out Benefits Proposals
The House Budget Committee has released a detailed description of a budget outline it passed recently revealing that, as expected, …More
Boost Participation in Wellness Programs, FEHB Carriers Told
OPM has told FEHB carriers that “too few” enrollees are participating in health risk screening and wellness activities despite years …More
Guidance Issued on September FEGLI Open Season
OPM has issued guidance on the FEGLI open season to be conducted over the month of September, one of the …More
New FSA Carrier Chosen
OPM has announced that it changed the contractor operating the FSAFeds flexible spending account program effective March 1, although there …More
No Sign of Retirement Wave in Latest OPM Data
Newly released OPM figures show little sign of the “retirement wave” that has long been predicted to roil the federal …More
Total Federal Employment Down a Bit
The new OPM figures show an executive branch employee count–again, excluding USPS–of 2,059,000 as of September 2015, rounded to the …More
Budget Focus Turning to Spending Bills
The House is set to take up a budget outline for the upcoming fiscal year but it is now virtually …More
Almost All Furlough Cases Decided; Almost All Employees Lost
The MSPB is nearly finished processing appeals of the 2013 unpaid furloughs due to sequestration, having worked through 97 percent …More
Many Pending Proposals Could Affect Appeals Rights
The merit board also said in its annual report that a 2014 law speeding up appeals of SES members at …More
Restrictions on Appeals Rights a Moving Target
Congress continues to consider options to further restrict appeal rights for senior executives at the VA, in particular the concept …More
House Could Again Back Benefit Cuts
The House Budget Committee hopes to approve this week a spending outline that would advocate several changes in benefits for …More
Process Often Has Led to Uncertainty
The annual budget “resolution” is only an outline, not a law, and even its passage in the past has left …More
OPM Breaches Still Resonating
The response to the breaches of federal personnel files and background investigation files affecting more than 22 million current and …More
DoD Pitches Base Closing Proposal
Pentagon officials have made, in Capitol Hill testimony and in other forums, their annual pitch for another round of base …More
DoD Seeks to Open FEDVIP to Military
The Pentagon has asked Congress to authorize allowing certain military personnel into the Federal Dental and Vision Insurance Program, which …More
OPM Postpones Planned FEHB Audit
OPM has postponed indefinitely an audit it previously announced of family member coverage under the FEHB, a possible prelude to …More
FEGLI Claims Proposal Also Pulled Back
Meanwhile, OPM has withdrawn indefinitely, for more study, rules it had proposed in January to set a time limit of …More
Limit Travel Assignments Due to Zika Risk, OPM Says
OPM has encouraged agencies to limit assignments of employees to areas where the Zika virus has been detected, stressing that …More
Delay Sought in Startup of New DoD Ratings System
With less than a month until the scheduled April 1 start of the rollout of a new DoD performance appraisal …More
Project Already Long in Development
The New Beginnings initiative is the result of a 2009 law that repealed the former pay for performance-based National Security …More
Employee Viewpoint Survey Coming
This year’s edition of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey–an annual poll that gives employees the opportunity to weigh in on …More
Rules on Job Seeking to Be Revised
The Office of Government Ethics has proposed to update rules regarding outside job seeking by federal employees, with some of …More
