USPS: Policies Set on Automatic Enrollment in New Postal Health Plan
OPM has issued guidance on automatic enrollment in the Postal Service Health Benefits program for 2025 if U.S. Postal Service …More
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FLRA: No Fees for Individuals in Unfair Labor Practice Cases
The FLRA has rejected a request by a federal employee to authorize payments of fees and expenses to individual employees …More
High Court to Hear Case on Reservist Differential Pay
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on a dispute over eligibility for “differential pay” that makes up for …More
House GOP Report Recommends Raising Contributions, Other Retirement Changes
A report from Republicans on the House Budget Committee has recommended increasing the contributions that federal employees must make toward …More
House Advancing More Funding Bills to Restrict Spending, Target Telework
The House is continuing to advance appropriations bills that reduce funding levels for most federal agencies—with potential implications for staffing …More
Concerns Remain about Security, Privacy Controls over Background Check Records, GAO Says
Nearly a decade after a breach of a database containing information from background checks on federal employees and others, the …More
Understaffing, Extra Duties Hampering VA Maternity Care Coordinators, Report Says
In response to an IG survey, four-tenths of maternity care coordinators at VA medical facilities reported having insufficient time for …More
House Panel Advances Bill on FECA Benefits
A bill to expand the role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in providing services under the Federal Employees Compensation …More
After 30 Years, Marshals Service Racial Bias Case Concludes
The EEOC has approved a $15 million settlement in a class action suit alleging racial discrimination by the U.S. Marshals …More
C Fund Gain for Year’s First Half Tops 15 Percent
All TSP funds except the bond fund posted gains for the year’s first half, led by the large company stock …More
Warnings Sounded on Impact of Funding Bills on Federal Workforce
Federal employees could face layoffs, hiring freezes or furloughs under the GOP-crafted spending bills now advancing in the House, say …More
House Spending Bill Seeks to ‘Optimize’ Employment Levels at DoD
A spending bill for DoD up for voting in the House this week seeks to “optimize” civilian employment at the …More
House Set to Vote on Bills Targeting Telework; White House Defends Practice
The House is set to vote as soon as this week on two spending bills that target agency telework practices, …More
Report: Still Work to Do to Protect Postal Employee Portal
More than a year after a cyberattack on the LiteBlue self-service portal for Postal Service employees, work remains to shore …More
Loss of Future Earnings: Court Widens Possible Payments for Victims of Retaliation
Payments to federal employee whistleblowers who are victims of workplace retaliation could extend to compensation for loss of future earnings, …More
TSP Nears $900 Billion Mark; New 2070 L Fund Starts July 26
Total account balances in the TSP neared the $900 billion mark through May, hitting a record $898 billion, up from …More
Senate Bill Backs 2 Percent Federal Employee Raise, Larger Buyouts at DoD
The Senate’s version of the annual DoD authorization bill endorses a 2 percent federal employee raise in January while seeking …More
More Federal Workplace Policy Changes Proposed, but Still Nothing on Schedule F
Yet more provisions affecting federal workplace policies have been added to the general government appropriations bill and the defense authorization …More
Bills Press Agencies on Telework Data, Office Space Reductions
Key bills for the upcoming fiscal year now advancing in the House reflect pressure from Republican leaders there for agencies …More
Improper Payments, Fraud Continuing in Retirement Program, Report Says
The inspector general’s office at OPM has again raised concerns about improper payments and fraud in the federal retirement program, …More
House, Regulators Keep Up Scrutiny of Postal Operations Changes
A House committee and postal regulators are keeping up scrutiny of the Postal Service’s “Delivering for America” plan even though …More
DoD Budget Bill Would Affect Personnel Policies There, Across Government
The annual defense authorization bill (HR-8070) up for voting in the House this week contains a range of provisions that …More
GAO Calls for Attention to Deferred Maintenance, Other Federal Building Issues
Addressing the backlog of deferred maintenance and repairs in federal buildings is among the most pressing among its recommendations to …More
Dispute over ‘Official Time’ Stirred Up Again
The long-running dispute over use of “official time” has been restirred with a request by the House Oversight and Accountability …More
Commerce Needs Stronger Controls over Telework, Locality Pay, Audit Says
The Commerce Department should strengthen its monitoring of whether teleworkers are reporting to their official duty stations as often as …More
Court Takes Broad Reading of Whistleblower Protections
Federal employee protections against reprisal for whistleblowing can extend to situations in which an agency stopped considering employees for promotions …More
Ethics Guidance Issued on Work with State or Local Governments
The Office of Government Ethics has issued guidance clarifying the obligations of federal employees to recuse themselves from decisions involving …More
OPM Says It’s Looking into Raising Uniform Allowance
OPM has told a group of federal employee organizations that it “is in the process of gathering data regarding an …More
Key Bill Silent on Raise, as Contentious Budget Process Gears Up
The House has released the first draft of the key annual appropriations bill for federal employee issues, a measure that …More
Funding Bill Targets Numerous Federal Workplace Policies
The general government spending bill that has started moving in the House contains a number of federal workplace policy provisions, …More
