IG Raises Alarm about DoD Employees’ Use of Mobile Devices
In a report on an issue common across government, the inspector general’s office at DoD has raised an alarm about …More
In a report on an issue common across government, the inspector general’s office at DoD has raised an alarm about …More
Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is continuing to chair the key Senate committee for federal workplace and benefit matters, the Homeland …More
Postal Service management is not providing employees with “consistent and relevant safety and health training” while some employees are not …More
The Pentagon has revised a number of the pandemic-related policies affecting its civilian workforce—the government’s largest—as well as military and …More
President Biden has told federal agencies that the government “must be a model for providing leave policies, both paid and …More
Bills have been reintroduced in the House on the long-running issue of calculating COLAs for federal retirees and two Social …More
The TSP has issued a notice to agencies, but applying to account holders as well, saying that many of the …More
OPM has issued standards for FEHB carriers to meet in their coverage of obesity treatment and has encouraged them to …More
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has reorganized for the 2023-2024 Congress, with Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, taking over as …More
Federal employee engagement with their jobs can vary significantly by grade level, the nature of the work and by some …More
UPDATED: The House approved a bill (HR-139) to require federal agencies to roll back their telework policies to those in …More
OPM has proposed an overhaul of policies governing suitability and fitness determinations for both current and prospective federal employees, including …More
The first formal proposal for the 2024 federal employee raise has been introduced in Congress for 8.7 percent, an amount …More
OPM has told agencies to review whether employees have been wrongly ruled ineligible for union representation, as called for by …More
The Office of Government Ethics has issued guidance on ethical considerations for federal employees involved with official government social media …More
A bipartisan bill (S-10) introduced in the Senate seeks to boost the VA’s ability to hire and develop employees, especially …More
After the substantial losses of 2022 in all but the government securities G fund, all TSP funds started 2023 with …More
The average account balance for FERS investors fell during 2022 to about $175,000 from $181,000 and the average for CSRS …More
A recently issued report for Congress could serve as a roadmap for looking to federal health insurance and retirement benefits …More
In the type of letter that promises to become common in this Congress, the chair of the House Oversight and …More
UPDATED: As its first legislative action in the new Congress on federal employee issues, the House has passed a bill …More
The Biden administration has told agencies to increase their use of internships, fellowships, apprenticeships, and other student and early career …More
The Postal Service and its unions have warned employees there of identity theft from websites spoofing its employee benefits portal, …More
OMB has revised the process for training federal acquisition professionals, the “Federal Acquisition Certification in Contracting (FAC-C)” system, in what …More
The general schedule pay raise paid as of the first full pay period of the year—January 1-14 for most—should be …More
In one of his first actions, as chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., has …More
As part of an analysis of operating rules for the House that the new Republican majority there has put in …More
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a federal agency’s duty to accommodate religious views of …More
The Treasury Department has said that starting this week it will “disinvest” the TSP’s government securities G fund as part …More
The COLA count for beneficiaries under the Federal Employees Compensation Act has been finalized, with a 6.3 percent COLA to …More