Skepticism Elsewhere Runs Deep
The report’s assessment stands in sharp contrast to other views on the program. Employee organizations have criticized virtually every aspect …More
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In what amounts to the Bush administration’s parting word on its signature initiative on federal pay and personnel management, OPM …More
OPM Encourages Use of Leave Waiver
OPM has sent a memo to agencies encouraging them to use their authority to waive a requirement to recover excess …More
Whistleblower Bill Focus Shifts to Senate
Attention has shifted to the Senate on plans that are making progress to expand whistleblower protections for federal employees, following …More
FERS Redeposit Bill Offered
Legislation (HR-828) offered in the House by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., would allow FERS employees who took a refund of …More
Recent Ethics Policy Changes Summarized
The Office of Government Ethics recently sent to federal agencies summarizing recent changes in federal employee ethics policies. For a …More
Expert’s View: FEGLI Option C Coverage
If you are covered by FEGLI Basic insurance, Option C allows you to purchase coverage for your spouse and any …More
FSA Grace Period Reminder
Federal employees who had flexible spending accounts in 2008 and who did not spend all the available money during the …More
Old, New Budget Issues Pending
Congress late this month likely will take up a spending bill affecting most federal agencies for the second half of …More
Moves, Job Losses Lie Ahead
The GAO report estimated that the base closings round will involve the relocation of 123,000 civilian and military personnel, although …More
Earn your Master’s in Public Policy Online
America needs you. The economic crisis that has led to the evaporation of millions of jobs is having a profound …More
GAO: Base Closings Will Go Down to Wire
Many of the DoD base closings and realignments approved in 2005 aren’t scheduled to be finished until close to the …More
Human Capital Remains on High Risk List
GAO has issued its latest assessment of government programs that are high risk for mismanagement, waste and abuse, and as …More
Expert’s View: FEGLI Option B Coverage
FEGLI Option B allows employees who are covered by Basic insurance to elect additional amounts of coverage that are equal …More
Demonstration Project at USDA Approved
OPM has given final approval to a personnel demonstration project at the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety Inspection Service that, like …More
House Passes Whistleblower Protections
The House in passing an economic stimulus bill (HR-1) added language of a whistleblower protection bill that it passed in …More
More Guidance Issued on TSP Change
The TSP has issued further guidance on a recently enacted law, P.L. 110-458, that suspends for calendar year 2009 the …More
TSP Starts 2009 Like it Ended 2008
The TSP stock funds suffered yet another significantly down month in January, with the international stock I fund dropping 11.93 …More
Frequency Increases a Bit
OPM said that 61 percent of employees who telework do so at least one day a week, up 9 percentage …More
Rates Vary among Agencies
The report noted that rates of teleworking are especially low in some agencies, particularly those involved in law enforcement–with for …More
Telework Still a Work in Progress
Despite continued pushing from OPM, GSA and some members of Congress, use of the federal telework program remained relatively low …More
Expert’s View: FEGLI Option A Coverage
Option A is the first and oldest of the optional insurances under FEGLI, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. "If you …More
Security Issue Raised on USAJobs
OPM has posted a notice stating that the government’s centralized USAJobs database recently was compromised and certain account data were …More
COLA Count Starts Off Negative
Through three months of the count toward the January 2010 federal retiree COLA, the count is deep in negative territory, …More
Paid Parental Leave Bill Reintroduced
Legislation (HR-626) has been reintroduced in the House to provide four weeks of paid time to federal employees for parental …More
OPM, Other Agencies Get Acting Leaders
Kathie Ann Whipple, deputy general counsel at OPM, has been named acting director of the agency pending the nomination of …More
Criticisms, Responses Made on NSPS Rules
Federal unions say they are hopeful that the Obama administration will choose not to carry out new hiring and promotion …More
Ethics Restrictions May Broaden
New ethical restrictions ordered by the White House targeted at political appointees could be broadened to career employees who are …More
End of Open Season Extension Coming
The extension of the annual benefits open season–which ordinarily ends in early December–will expire at the end of this month. …More
New SES Hiring Methods to Be Offered
OPM plans to make available to agencies several alternative hiring methods for filling SES positions, following what it called positive …More
