Some Expectations Met in 2017, Others Not
For the federal workforce, the first year of the Trump administration in some ways played out as many had predicted, …More
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During 2017 neither the Trump administration nor civil service leaders in Congress made a serious move toward changing basic federal …More
Open Season Choices About to Take Effect
Insurance elections made during the recent benefits open season take effect in January–as of the first of the month for …More
Much of Telework is Not Regularly Scheduled
OPM’s latest report on telework by federal employees, covering 2016, shows that of employees deemed eligible to telework 48 percent …More
Management Resistance Still a Main Telework Barrier
The latest OPM report on telework, like those of past years, points to management resistance as a major barrier to …More
Shutdown Threat Kicked Down the Road Again
Congress on Thursday (December 21) delayed by a month the threat of a partial government shutdown, agreeing to the latest …More
Lack of Manager Training, Budgets Block use of Pay Enhancements, Incentives
Federal agencies have a number of ways to improve the compensation of their employees if salaries for their occupations are …More
Recruitment, Other Cash Incentives Concentrated on a Few
To the extent that agencies are using financial incentives available to them for their employees at all, the money is …More
OPM: More FEHB Choices Could Increase Competition, Lower Costs
OPM has proposed rules to address what it called an anomaly in FEHB rules, with the intent of expanding choice …More
Slight Mileage Rate Increase Likely Ahead
The IRS has announced that a mileage rate used for certain tax purposes will rise in 2018 to 54.5 cents …More
Tax Changes Would Burden Already-Strapped IRS, Union Says
The passage by Congress of a package of tax changes would add new responsibilities to the IRS, which already is …More
Agencies Updating Plans for Employee Furloughs in Shutdown
With just over a week to go before another budgetary deadline threatening a partial government shutdown, a number of agencies …More
Continued Silence Keeps 1.9 Percent Raise on the Table
Congress is fast approaching the end of its working year having taken no position on a federal employee raise for …More
Retiree COLA Unaffected by Raise Prospects
Although the raise situation for active federal employees for January remains somewhat unsettled, the COLA for retirees is unaffected by …More
Reminder on Late-Year Leave Considerations
There still has been no indication from the White House regarding whether President Trump will grant federal employees additional paid …More
