GPO-WEP Repeal Bill Signed; Clock Starts toward Retroactive Payments
President Biden has signed into law the long-in-process repeal of the Social Security government pension offset and windfall elimination provision, …More
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Telework, Relocations, Holman Rule in Focus as Congress Reorganizes
Telework by federal employees became one of the early points of focus as Congress organizes for 2025-2026, with one of …More
OPM Issues Guidance on January 20 Holiday, Transition Issues
The Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday January 20 will be treated for pay and benefits purposes as …More
TSP Posts Processing Schedule for Tax Notices, Other Purposes
The TSP has announced the following schedule for several purposes important to account holders: “IRS Form 1099-R — In mid-January, the …More
GSA Announces Mixed Bag of Changes in Mileage Rates
The mileage reimbursement rate for calendar year 2025 for using a privately owned vehicle on federal travel if no government-owned …More
MSPB Accepts Veterans’ Preference Claims from ‘Dual Status’ Technicians
The MSPB has said it has authority to hear appeals brought under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act by “dual status” …More
C, S Funds Lead 2024 TSP Returns with Gains Near 25, 17 Percent
The large company stock C fund led TSP returns for calendar year 2024, up 24.96 percent, followed by the small …More
Biden Orders Agencies to Close January 9 as Day of Mourning for Carter
President Biden has ordered federal agencies closed January 9 as a national day of mourning on the death of former …More
Upcoming Pay Raise to Affect Some Benefits
The general schedule pay raise to be paid as of the first full pay period of the year—January 12-25 for …More
Reminder: Retiree COLAs Vary, Are Prorated for Recent Retirees
A COLA is being paid with January annuity payments of 2.5 percent for those retired under CSRS and 2 percent …More
TSP Investment Limits, Other Key Dollar Figures Changing
Among key dollar figures of interest to federal employees changing for 2025 are: * The standard investment maximum investment limit …More
Key Social Security, Medicare Figures Rising with New Year
Several key figures are increasing for 2025 in the Social Security program affecting both current employees and retirees. Social Security—For …More
Trump’s Looks to VC Partner to Head OPM
President-elect Trump has said he will nominate for OPM director Scott Kupor, currently managing partner of the venture capital firm …More
Opinion | Commentary
The U.S. Postal Service is a DOGE Delight
With the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) careening to financial insolvency, mail delivery taking far longer than it did in the 1970’s, and postal …More
Pay Raise Finalized; Increases to Range from 1.88 to 2.35 Percent
President Biden has signed an executive order finalizing a 2 percent average federal employee pay raise in January, with increases …More
Upcoming Raise to Affect Pay Caps, Have Other Impacts
The 2025 federal employee pay raise averaging 2 percent will result in increasing the pay caps that apply to senior …More
GPO-WEP Repeal Bill Ends Long Battle, but Timing of Next Steps Is Uncertain
Enactment of a bill to repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions caps efforts over several decades targeting …More
Traditional RIF Retention Policies Remain in Effect, OPM Stresses
OPM is set to issue a reminder that the Biden administration in early 2021 withdrew rules proposed by the Trump …More
OPM Finalizes Overhaul of Suitability and Fitness Policies
OPM has finalized a revised set of factors for agencies to use in “suitability” and “fitness” determinations, among other changes …More
No Shutdown – Congress Approves Funding at Last Second; GPO-WEP Repealed
Updated: The Senate voted 85-11 in the early hours of Saturday in favor of legislation to fund the government through …More
Biden Grants Full Day of Excused Absence for December 24
President Biden has granted a full day of excused absence for Tuesday, December 24, following a pattern of Presidential grants …More
Late 2024 Push on Employee Monitoring, Discipline, Telework Presage 2025
Several bills were offered recently that, while coming too late for enactment in the current Congress, send a signal of …More
CBO Repeats Options for Reducing Value of Federal Employee Pay, Benefits
The Congressional Budget Office has again raised a series of options for reducing the deficit including several that would directly …More
Rules on Administrative, Investigative and Notice Leave Finalized
OPM has finalized rules first proposed in 2017 to overhaul a variety of policies regarding when federal employees can be …More
MSPB Clarifies Policy on Whether Investigations Constitute Retaliation
The MSPB has clarified its precedent regarding whether agency investigations of employees constitute retaliation against a whistleblower, adding that an …More
OPM Releases Viewpoint Survey Results by Agency, Touts Gains
OPM has released agency-by-agency results of the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey conducted last summer, following the release in October …More
Schedule F and DOGE: A Federal Employment Attorney’s Analysis
As we approach 2025, two major initiatives threaten to reshape federal employment: the proposed reinstatement of Schedule F and the …More
Key DoD Bill Readied for Voting; Wouldn’t Block Return of Schedule F
House and Senate negotiators have prepared for final voting the annual DoD authorization bill, containing no language to prevent the …More
Telework, Role of Unions Shaping Up as Early 2025 Federal Workplace Battlegrounds
Telework by federal employees and the intertwined issue of the role of federal unions in workplace policies are shaping up …More
Agency Funding Authority Running Out; Late Request Made to Boost Pay Raise
UPDATED: With agency funding authority set to expire next Friday (December 20) no strategy has yet emerged for how Congress …More
