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Gender Pay Gap Narrowing as Federal Workforce Changes, GAO Finds
GAO has found that the pay gap by gender in the federal workforce, always smaller than that in the overall …More
Payroll Agency Addresses Upcoming Social Security Repayment Requirement
The largest federal payroll provider has issued further guidance on the requirement just ahead for many federal employees to repay …More
DoD Extends Authority to Telework with Dependents in the Home
In what amounts to a sign of an expectation that high numbers of its employees will continue to be teleworking …More
Survey Finds Harassment, Discrimination at FEMA
A consultant’s study has found that 20 percent of FEMA employees say they have experienced a civil rights violation on …More
Race is on to Redesignate Policy Positions Before Inauguration
A showdown over President Trump’s “Schedule F” executive order is shaping up as a race between the administration working to …More
Dispute over Schedule F Order Increases Risk of Shutdown
The dispute over the Trump administration’s “Schedule F” executive order could hold the potential for raising the chances of a …More
In Change of Position, White House Now Supports Federal Pay Freeze
The Trump administration has supported language in a recently released Senate bill that would provide for no pay raise for …More
Concerns Over Political Appointees Burrowing In Heightened
The Trump administration’s order calling on agencies to put policy-related positions into a new excepted service Schedule F has added …More
Level of Veterans in Federal Jobs Remains Steady at Close to 1/3
The percentages of veterans by two separate measures of the federal workforce — as a total headcount and as the …More
Lookout Begins: Extra Time Off for Holidays?
As commonly happens at this time of year, some federal employees have started asking whether they will get extra time …More
Looser TSP Installment Payment Withdrawals Finalized
The TSP has issued final rules effective immediately to carry out a previously announced intention to widen policies regarding one …More
TSP Stock Funds Surge in Nov.; S Fund Up Over 18 Percent
All three stock-based TSP funds posted exceptionally strong gains in November, led by the small company stock S fund, up …More
Federal Workforce a Battleground Amid Transition; Agencies Moving Quickly on Schedule F
The formal start of the presidential transition has underscored the differing priorities for the federal workforce under the outgoing Trump …More
Frontline Federal Employees Look to Vaccine as Infections, FECA Claims Rise
With the recent announcements of several promising vaccines for the Coronavirus, many federal employees in front-line positions have been asking …More
Both USPS Management, Employees Fell Short in Pandemic Response, Says IG
Actions the Postal Service took at the outset of the pandemic “likely saved lives and certainly increased employee safety,” but …More
End Game Still Not Clear on Preventing Shutdown
Congress and the White House are in the familiar position of balancing the opportunity to achieve spending and policy priorities …More
Reminder on Giving, Receiving Gifts
Although it’s likely there will be few holiday parties among federal workers this year, whether in the office or in …More
VA “Accountability” Law Violated Employee Protections in Contract, FLRA Rules
In a rare decision of recent times favoring a federal union over agency management in a dispute, the FLRA has …More
Court: Whistleblower Protections Could Extend to Policy Disagreements
A federal court has said that an employee’s disclosures can qualify for whistleblower protections even if they involve matters of …More
