Hiring, Engagement Initiative Begins
OPM has formally launched the Recruitment, Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion, or REDI, Roadmap, with an initial step being revisions to …More
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OPM is expected to soon issue its annual “call letter,” in which it outlines the coverage features it wants in …More
Largest Likely Change Coming Separately
What likely will be the largest change in the program for the 2016 plan year already has been determined: addition …More
Self Plus One’s Impact Could Be Wide
In its recent guidance, OPM said that it estimates that about 30 percent of FEHB enrollments are family enrollments that …More
Revised Policies on Disclosure Forms Described
The Office of Government Ethics has sent guidance on a new government-wide electronic filing system for federal employees who file …More
Several Bills Offered, Advance
A newly introduced House bill, HR-1230, would require that federal annuities that begin in 2017 and after be based on …More
DHS Standoff Ends, More Budget Battles Ahead
The end of a standoff that threatened a partial shutdown of DHS means that budgets are set for all agencies …More
VA Bonus Recoupment Bill Advances
The House has passed HR-280, which would allow the VA secretary to order that employees repay all or part of …More
Several Other Bills Advancing
Newly hired employees with a veterans’ disability rating of 30 percent or more would be allowed to use a full …More
Veterans Preference, Per Diem, Appeals Bills Offered
A new Senate bill (S-594) would provide veterans’ preference to certain National Guard and Reserve members who currently don’t qualify, …More
Smallest Month Yields Big Returns in TSP
After struggling in January, the stock-focused TSP funds posted major gains in February that in turn pulled up the lifecycle …More
OPM to Roll Out Workforce Initiative
OPM is set to launch a new initiative on recruitment, engagement, diversity and inclusiveness called the REDI Roadmap, following a …More
OPM Sets Strategy on Engaging Federal Employees
In a recent report to Congress, OPM outlined its plans for getting federal employees to feel more engaged in their …More
DHS Budget Still Unsettled
Just two days are left before DHS budgetary authority runs out at midnight Friday (February 27), leaving the prospect of …More
SES Rating System Gets Scrutiny
Changes in the way federal senior executives have their performance evaluated have made little difference in terms of how many …More
Budget Drives Payout Changes
GAO added, though, that budgetary restrictions have affected how SES ratings translate into performance payouts. Starting in 2011, the administration …More
TSP Updates Withdrawal Forms
The TSP has updated the forms that participants use to make age-based in-service withdrawals and for partial withdrawals after separation, …More
Transit Subsidy, TSP Bills Reintroduced
A bill introduced in the House (HR-990) would increase the tax-free public transit subsidy maximum, the latest proposal in a …More
MSPB Reports on Appeals, Other Issues
MSPB has summarized recent developments regarding federal employee appeal rights and the processing of cases arising from the sequestration furloughs …More
Removals Continue to Drop
OPM has released data covering 2014 showing that the number of federal employees involuntarily removed dropped for the fourth straight …More
Loss of Temps Accounts for Most of Job Cuts
The OPM data also show that federal employment as measured in that count – which is a headcount as of …More
Retirement Patterns Fairly Stable
The number of annual federal retirements has remained fairly stable overall for the past 10 years, newly released OPM data …More
Changes in Types of Retirements
Voluntary retirement on reaching a combination of age and years of service is by far the most common type of …More
Clearance Bill Reintroduced
A bipartisan bill (S-434) has been reintroduced in the Senate to strengthen controls over security clearances, which are needed for …More
Other Bills Offered, Advanced
Also reintroduced was HR-901, to strengthen controls against federal work computers being used to access or download pornography. Sponsor Rep. …More
OPM Stresses Limits on myRA Availability
Only federal employees who are excluded from coverage under a federal retirement system are eligible for the newly launched “myRA” …More
FSA Grace Period Reminder
Federal employees who had flexible spending accounts last year and who did not spend down all the money in those …More
Commission Compares FEHB, Tricare
A recent report by a special commission reviewing military pay and benefits in which the military Tricare program compared with …More
Personnel Issues Still a High-Risk Concern
Attracting and keeping highly qualified employees, what GAO calls strategic human capital management, remains on GAO’s list of high-risk government …More
EEOC Considers Rules Overhaul
The EEOC is considering revamping its processes for handling discrimination complaints from federal employees, a system that long has been …More
