FERS Investors Need to Watch Limit
Time also is running short for FERS employees to make any adjustments needed in ongoing investments if they are on …More
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As expected, President Obama has issued an order setting a 1.3 percent average general schedule pay raise in January to …More
Congress Returning to Unfinished Business
Congress returns from its summer recess next week to a full plate of unfinished business, starting with the need to …More
Disciplinary, Other Personnel Policies Also at Stake
Also left over from before the recess are numerous proposed changes in federal personnel policies, mainly focused on the VA …More
Cyber Hack Services Contract Awarded
OPM and DoD have jointly issued a contract to provide services to those affected by the security clearance files breach …More
Concerns Raised about Potential for Tax Return Fraud
Bipartisan leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have raised concerns about the potential for fraudulent tax returns claiming refunds being …More
TSP Revising Default Investment Policies
The TSP has sept policies regarding a change in default investment policies for those hired–or rehired after a break in …More
Stock Funds Melt Down in August
The three stock-oriented TSP funds suffered significant losses in August, with the international stock I fund down 7.36 percent, the …More
Medicare Premium Issue Arising
The relatively low inflation rate over the last year has raised the potential for CSRS retirees and certain other Medicare …More
Potential Extra Cost Currently Unknown
In addition to those who don’t get Social Security benefits, new Medicare enrollees and those who pay higher Medicare premiums …More
Employee Survey Data Upcoming
OPM could put out soon the first results of the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which was conducted in the …More
Nearly All Furlough Appeals Rejected
MSPB recently reported that it has worked its way through about 70 percent of the more than 32,000 furlough appeals …More
Pay Order Is Likely for 2016
With no federal employee raise amount for 2016 having been set by legislation yet, President Obama can use authority under …More
Many Could Get Larger Boost in Pay
The similar orders of the last two years specified that the increase was to be paid across the board, with …More
Raise Order Not the Last Word
Contrary to how the events commonly are reported by news outlets not particularly well versed in the procedures of federal …More
Information on Self Plus One Pending
FEHB enrollees could soon find out more about the new coverage option to be available in the program in the …More
Charity Drive Changes Delayed
OPM has announced its intent to delay until calendar year 2017 changes in the annual Combined Federal Campaign workplace charity …More
Some Life Insurance Rates to Increase in January
OPM has announced a rare change to premiums in the FEGLI life insurance program that will be effective in January, …More
Congress Leaves Much to Be Done after Recess
Congress is now on a recess that will last through Labor Day, leaving numerous key bills for federal employees and …More
Raise Decision by Silence Still on Track
Both the House and Senate versions of the key financial services-general government spending bill effectively support granting a January 2016 …More
Cyber Theft Response Still a Work in Progress
The government is moving closer to issuing a contract to provide identity restoration and other services to federal employees and …More
Hiring, Representative Payee Bills Advance
Before recessing the Senate passed HR-1513, which makes a temporary or seasonal employee of a land management agency in the …More
Momentum for Personnel Policy Changes Slows
The House has passed, although not by a wide enough margin to overcome a threatened White House veto, HR-1994, which …More
Attention Focused on Data Theft Response Contract
There have been relatively few developments regarding the twin thefts of federal employee personnel and security clearance files over the …More
FLTCIP Rates Rise for New Enrollees; Amount Varies
OPM has raised the rates for new enrollments in the FLTCIP long-term care insurance program, effective August 1, a change …More
C Fund Leads July TSP Returns
The common stock C fund of the TSP gained 2.10 percent in July, followed closely by the international stock I …More
New Guidance Issued on Gender Pay Equity
OPM has issued a second set of guidance on gender pay equity in the federal government in the wake of …More
TSP to Open Window to Outside Investing
The TSP has formally committed to offering participants the option of investing in outside mutual funds through an investment “window,” …More
Broader Withdrawal Options Also Backed
The TSP board also has approved broadening withdrawal options, although that would require a change in law, meaning that the …More
Data Theft Response Steps Still in Flux
The Obama administration does not expect to issue a contract until late August to provide services to those affected by …More
