Serious Discipline under Vaccine Mandate Now Allowed, but Course Uncertain
The start of the new year brings the end of the waiting period the Biden administration imposed on serious disciplinary …More
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GOP Leaders Question Pay Rates of Teleworking Federal Employees
Two top Republican leaders of the House have raised questions about whether teleworking employees of the Labor Department are being …More
C Fund Leads Way in 2021 TSP Returns
The large company stock C fund led the way in TSP returns in 2021, posting a 28.68 percent gain for …More
OPM Revoking Rules Issued Under Trump on Employee Discipline
OPM is undoing rules it issued in late 2020 to carry out executive orders that formed the backbone of the …More
Mandatory Discipline for Whistleblower Reprisal Among Trump-Era Changes to Be Kept
OPM is preparing to revoke several rules ordered in late 2020 under the prior administration, but one that it is …More
GSA Updates Mileage Rates, Other Policies for New Year
GSA has increased the mileage reimbursement rates for calendar year 2022 for using a privately owned vehicle on federal travel …More
Raise, Other Financial Changes Taking Effect with New Year for Federal Employees
The federal pay raise ranging by locality from 2.42 to 3.21 percent that in most cases takes effect Sunday (January …More
Biden Finalizes Federal Pay Raise; to Vary from 2.42 to 3.21 Percent
President Biden has issued the executive order needed to finalize the 2022 federal pay raise, with increases to vary by …More
Upcoming COLA for Retirees to Be Largest in Four Decades
The retirement COLA to be paid effective Saturday (January 1)—5.9 percent to those retired under CSRS and 4.9 percent to …More
Key Numbers in TSP, Other Programs Change with New Year
Among the key dollar-amount changes for federal employees as of 2022 is that the dollar limit on investments in the …More
Medicare Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Costs Increasing
The 2022 Medicare Part B (physicians and related services) premium will be $171.10 a month for most enrollees, an increase …More
GSA Extends Relief from Taxes on Relocation Payments
The GSA has finalized rules to reimburse more categories of federal employees for additional taxes they may owe on the …More
One New Form of Leave Finalized, Proposal for Another Set Aside
As it finished work for the year Congress finalized the creation of one new paid leave benefit for federal employees …More
Improvements Approved in Benefits to Foreign Service, Family Members
The recently enacted DoD authorization bill for fiscal 2022 incorporates provisions of an earlier bill to improve a range of …More
Hopes for Long-Term Telework Higher than Expectations, Survey Finds
More than half of Justice Department attorneys would like to telework at least half of the time long-run but only …More
Audit Calls on IRS to Act More Promptly in Misconduct Cases
An audit has called on the IRS to act more promptly in cases of alleged employee misconduct, saying that while …More
Vaccination Rates Rise as Discipline Edges Closer for the Non-Compliant
With now less than a month before agencies will be free to take disciplinary actions more serious than counseling against …More
Republican Leaders Renew Pressure to Return More Federal Employees to Regular Workplaces
Two key Republicans in Congress have renewed their calls on the Biden administration to return more teleworking federal employees to …More
House Backs New Whistleblower Protections, Seeks to Bar a Future ‘Schedule F’
The House has passed a bill (HR-5314) containing a number of government reform proposals including strengthening whistleblower protections for federal …More
No General ‘Holiday Party Exception’ to Ethics Rules, DoD Reminds Employees
The DoD central ethics office has reminded civilian employees of the department that there is no general “holiday party exception” …More
Still No Word on Extra Time Off for Christmas Holiday
There still has been no word from the White House regarding potential extra time off for federal employees for the …More
Defense Bill Affecting Personnel Policies Advances; Includes new Parental Bereavement Benefit
Congress is moving toward passing a compromise version of the annual DoD authorization bill (S-1605) containing a number of provisions …More
Bill Addresses RIF, Probationary, Buyout Policies for DoD Employees
The final version of the annual DoD authorization bill (S-1605) that has passed the House and is pending in the …More
Path Opens for Resolving Debt Ceiling Issue, Key Spending Bill
Congress has charted a path toward resolving two of the three major bills remaining on its plate as it pushes …More
Curtain about to Close on Benefits Open Season
December 13 is the last day of the current open season for electing or changing coverage in FEHB and FEDVIP …More
Watch Begins for Federal Pay Raise Order
The annual watch for the presidential order finalizing the pay raise for the upcoming year has begun, now that Congress …More
Time Running Short on Key Nominations; MSPB, FLRA, OPM, TSP
There has been no movement on nominations for a number of positions of importance to federal employees as Congress seeks …More
CBP Report Provides Rare Details on Disciplinary Actions
A report from the CBP provides the kinds of details on disciplinary actions against its employees that rarely are shared …More
230 Honored as Rank Awards Program Revived
The Biden administration has chosen 230 winners from 37 agencies for the Presidential Rank Awards, the top honors for career …More
Provide Paid Leave for Vaccine Booster Shots, Agencies Told
OPM has told agencies to provide paid leave for federal employees related to Coronavirus vaccine booster shots, or additional full …More
