Federal Legal Corner: MSPB Allows
MSPB recently issued a decision confirming an important exception to its rules of evidence for appellants before the Board. In …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersCOLA Count Hits Homestretch
Three-fourths of the way through the counting period for the January 2010 federal retiree COLA, the count remains negative at …More
Collection Waiver Authorities Described
OPM has issued a summary of authorities to waive collection of various types of overpayments made to federal employees, as …More
Expert’s View: The Voluntary Contributions Program
As a CSRS employee, the law allows you to contribute up to 10 percent of your total lifetime earnings while …More
Hiring Policies Get Attention
OPM has issued several pieces of guidance regarding federal hiring policies. One memo to agencies lays out its plans for …More
Retirement, Pay Changes Before Senate
Before the Senate as a pending amendment to the DoD bill are several provisions that earlier passed as an amendment …More
Restrictions Still Under Consideration
Meanwhile, the Senate could vote this week on its version of the annual DoD authorization bill (S-1390) that would block …More
Panel May Suggest Keeping NSPS
A preliminary report by a special DoD-formed panel reviewing the NSPS system does not recommend abolishing the program as its …More
Chances for Pay Parity Decrease
The House has passed a general government appropriations bill (HR-3170) that by remaining silent on the January 2010 federal pay …More
GAO Finds Building Security Weaknesses
GAO has told Senate hearing that in an undercover investigation it found serious security flaws in federal buildings, including instances …More
Regs Pending on Domestic Partner Benefits
OPM has said it will issue rules soon to carry out the recent presidential memo extending certain benefits to same-sex …More
Program May Be Rolled Back at TSA, Though
At the same time, legislation (HR-1881) has cleared the House Homeland Security Committee that would abolish the pay for performance …More
Other Signals Sent on Pay for Performance
Meanwhile, the White House has sent several other signals that it is not as opposed to pay for performance systems …More
NSPS Language Proves Controversial
The White House has objected to language in the House-passed DoD bill seeking to restrict the NSPS program, saying that …More
Another Try Made on Retirement Changes
The House has passed for the third time this year a set of changes to retirement benefits, most notably including …More
Raise Number a Moving Target
Various bills moving in Congress have left considerable uncertainty as to the size of the January 2010 federal raise. The …More
Homeowners’ Assistance Expanded
DoD has announced terms of an expanded homeowners’ assistance program that benefits civilian employees there under certain circumstances, following an …More
Expert’s View: Earning and Using Compensatory Time Off
In some situations, an agency may ask you to accept compensatory off time instead of overtime pay, with one hour …More
No Extension of FEDVIP, Says OPM
Some agencies apparently have been telling their employees, incorrectly, that there is an extension period for FEDVIP coverage for those …More
No Verdict on Discrimination
GAO said the findings neither support nor refute the idea that there is wage discrimination based on gender. "Factors for …More
Workforce Trends Play a Role
The report said several occupations have become more integrated by gender over the period studied–for example, women now account for …More
Pay Gap Narrowing but Not Closed
The pay gap between men and women’s average salaries in the government is narrowing, mainly because the men and women …More
Some Exceptions Apply
The CRS report meanwhile noted that there are several exceptions to the general cap of executive schedule level IV. For …More
Pay Raises, Caps are Intertwined
While pay caps commonly affect employees in senior pay systems such as the SES, the effect on GS employees is …More
Pay Caps Could Hit More Employees
More than 9,000 general schedule employees are now up against a pay cap, spread across half of the 32 GS …More
Homeowners’ Assistance Expanded
DoD has announced terms of an expanded homeowners’ assistance program that benefits civilian employees there under certain circumstances, following an …More
Expert’s View: Earning and Using Compensatory Time Off
In some situations, an agency may ask you to accept compensatory off time instead of overtime pay, with one hour …More
No Extension of FEDVIP, Says OPM
Some agencies apparently have been telling their employees, incorrectly, that there is an extension period for FEDVIP coverage for those …More
Workforce Trends Play a Role
The report said several occupations have become more integrated by gender over the period studied–for example, women now account for …More
Pay Gap Narrowing but Not Closed
The pay gap between men and women’s average salaries in the government is narrowing, mainly because the men and women …More
