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
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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
Revamp Could be Thorough, but Likely Not Fast
The notice solicited comments on issues such as what current elements should be kept or dropped, whether investigations should continue …More
White House’s Position on Pay Comparability
One of the White House’s budget books in essence defends the current pay levels of federal employees against outside studies …More
Retirement Bill Offered, TSA Pay Bill Moves
A reintroduced bill (HR-785) from a group of House Democrats seeks to repeal the higher contributions toward retirement required of …More
Most DHS Employees Would Work During Lapse
Congress still has not reached an agreement regarding funding for DHS for the remainder of the fiscal year and time …More
TSP Closed 2014 Just Shy of $440 Billion
TSP investors had just below $440 billion in their accounts as of year-end 2014, the TSP has reported, with the …More
Raise Could Fly Under Radar Again
President Obama’s proposal for a 1.3 percent federal employee raise in January 2016, while slightly above the 1 percent raises …More
FEHB, Other Proposals Repeated
The budget contains several proposals regarding FEHB that have never advanced in Congress beyond a hearing two years ago. One …More
No Changes Sought in Retirement
Also notable is what the budget does not propose. There are no planned changes in the required retirement contributions by …More
Jobs Would Rise in Some Agencies, Some Would Fall
In terms of full-time equivalent employment, the budget projects a count of 2,140,300 in the executive branch in fiscal 2016, …More
Bills Offered, Advance
Federal employees seriously delinquent on their federal taxes generally would be ineligible to receive a performance award or other form …More
Budget Release Coming Up
The White House is due to present its annual budget proposal Monday (February 2), with no indications so far that …More
Some Prior Ideas to Repeat, Others to Drop
Air Force officials already have said they will ask once again for another round of DoD base closings and realignments …More
Check Those Pay Statements
This is a good time to take a close look at pay and leave statements. The 1 percent general schedule …More
Special TSP Considerations Apply in FERS
Employees under the FERS system might need to doublecheck that their TSP investment rates are structured to their best benefit, …More
Key Committees Realigned
The two main committees overseeing federal employment matters have restructured themselves for the new Congress, with the key subcommittees revamped …More
