Changes in Workforce Summarized
The Congressional Research Service has issued a statistical look at the federal workforce, putting new data behind many of the …More
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The Office of Government Ethics has sent out a message to agencies asking them to remind employees about those policies …More
Still Waiting on Pay Order
One other order that is expected to come out soon is the annual White House pay order. That will finalize …More
Dec. 26 Granted as Extra Day Off
Following past practice, President Bush has granted federal employees an additional day off without charge to leave on December 26, …More
New Life Insurance Choice Explained
OPM has sent guidance to agencies on a new FEGLI life insurance benefit available to employees who are assigned in …More
Barriers to Retention of Nurses Cited
GAO has issued a report on retention of registered nurses by VA, finding that the two main problems are assignment …More
Effects of Order Being Sorted
Agency, union and congressional officials still are working to sort out the impact of an executive order issued by President …More
Military Spouse Preference Detailed
OPM proposed in the Dec. 5 Federal Register rules to carry out a recent presidential order giving spouses of military …More
Changes to NSPS Hiring, Promotions Proposed
DoD has proposed several changes to hiring and promotion procedures under its national security personnel system, generally designed to give …More
Personnel Chiefs Recommend Changes
A survey of top agency personnel officials, chief human capital officers, has found that more than two thirds support dropping …More
Change Affects FEDVIP, FSA Programs
OPM told agencies to notify employees of the opportunity to make belated enrollment changes, and to also accept changes through …More
Belated FEHB Enrollments to Be Accepted
Under pressure from Congress, OPM is allowing agencies to accept belated enrollments in the FEHB program through January, in order …More
Federal Legal Corner: EEOC Finds Retaliation
In Medrano v. Department of Homeland Security, EEOC Appeal No. 0120071480 (September 30, 2008), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) …More
CRS Reports on Burrowing In
The Congressional Research Service has issued a report on the practice of converting political appointees into career positions during a …More
Expert’s View: FEHB Automatic Waivers
Employees weighing an early retirement offer often wonder if they’ll be eligible to continue their FEHB coverage if they haven’t …More
November Another Turkey of a Month for TSP
The stock-oriented TSP funds continued their slide in November, with the small company S fund dropping 11.13 percent, the large …More
Differences Found by Salary, Other Factors
The report found that engagement is higher at higher levels, with SES members the most engaged, supervisors less so and …More
MSPB Finds Levels of Engagement Vary
About a third of federal employees are "fully engaged" in their jobs, another half or somewhat engaged and about 17 …More
Breakdown of Ratings Examined
The CBO report also looked into the distribution of ratings, an issue that employee organizations have raised as part of …More
Pay for Performance System a Key
CBO said that one goal of NSPS is to motivate employees to perform better on the job by emphasizing pay …More
NSPS Called a Work In Progress
DoD’s national security personnel system remains a work in progress, with only limited data available to assess whether it is …More
Winning From Losers
When your stocks lose value, taking capital losses can pay off. You can cut your taxes for the current year …More
Rebalancing Act
Among financial advisors, recommended allocations to emerging markets stocks tend to be modest. You might put 10 percent of your …More
Emerging Markets Meltdown
From late 2002 to late 2007, the MSCI index of emerging markets rose five-fold. Then a slide began, which developed …More
Correction on Last Week’s Expert’s View
The initially posted version of last week’s Expert’s View article misstated the day of the end of the current leave …More
No Word Yet on Extra Day Off
There still has been no word from the White House regarding whether President Bush will grant December 26, a Friday, …More
