Many Ideas Fall by the Wayside
Congress has left behind numerous proposals favored by members of one party or the other, and in some cases by …More
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All three stock-related TSP funds, plus the bond fund, dropped in September, dragging the lifecycle funds down with them. The …More
Electronic Pay, Senior Level Bills Approved
Congress has sent to the White House HR-6073, which provides that federal employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer …More
Expert’s View: FEHB Premiums in Retirement
Benefits expert Reg Jones concludes his series on misconceptions about health insurance benefits in retirement by explaining how premiums are …More
DoD Measure Has Limited Impact
The final version of the fiscal 2009 DoD authorization bill (S-3001) sent to President Bush would make only relatively minor …More
Some Areas Would Receive Higher Pay
The group also recommended that the 3.9 percent average raise for GS employees that was approved as part of a …More
Locality Pay Program Remains Stable
A special advisory group on federal pay matters, the Federal Salary Council, has backed only minor changes in the locality …More
Some Issues with Ratings System Addressed
The rules also reflect several changes that DoD undertook on its own initiative, in part responding to questions about the …More
NSPS Rules Changes Finalized
DoD has published the final version of rules proposed earlier this year making numerous changes in the national security personnel …More
DHS Personnel System Dropped
DHS has dropped plans to carry out an alternative personnel program there, following the latest funding cutoff, in the continuing …More
Use Is Concentrated by Occupation, Agency
The OPM report also showed that use of the incentives is concentrated by occupation and by agency. The Defense Department …More
Use of Incentive Payments Increases
Federal agencies roughly doubled their use of recruitment, retention and relocation incentive payments in 2007 versus 2006, according to a …More
ADA Broadening Approved
President Bush has signed legislation (P.L. 110-325) to broaden eligibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act, which applies to federal …More
Several Bills Signed
President Bush has signed into law (P.L. 110-321) a bill to extend for one year the State Department’s authority to …More
Open Season also Affects FEDVIP, FSA Programs
Meanwhile, premiums in the FEDVIP dental and vision insurance program also will increase, by 5.7 percent on average among dental …More
Relatively Few Changes in Offerings
The number of carriers available in the program will fall slightly to 269, mostly because of dropouts of some relatively …More
Health Rates Rising 7.9 Percent on Average
After two years of average premium increases of around 2 percent, the enrollee share of premiums in the FEHB program …More
Continuing Funding Includes Raise
The continuing resolution to provide agencies with funding for the fiscal year starting today (October 1) includes a provision for …More
COLA Count Retreats
With one month left in the counting period for the January 2009 federal retirement COLA, the count stands at 6.0 …More
Guidance Issued on Voting Time Off
OPM has sent a reminder to agencies that they have authority to grant excused absence to employees for voting, an …More
OPM Sets Criteria for Referral Bonuses
OPM has issued guidance on a little-known program under which federal employees can be eligible for cash payments or awards …More
Expert’s View: The Level of FEHB Coverage in Retirement
Benefits expert Reg Jones continues his series on misconceptions about health insurance benefits in retirement by examining the interplay between …More
VA Personnel Changes Advance
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee has passed, as part of a larger veterans benefits bill (S-2969), several proposed changes in …More
Special Hiring Authorities Extended
The Senate has passed and sent to the White House HR-6456, which extends for one year the State Department’s authority …More
Foreign Service Pay Changes Assessed
A bill (HR-3202) to change pay practices in the foreign service would substantially increase pay for many of those posted …More
GAO Pay Bill Approved
Congress has sent to the White House a bill (HR-5683) designed to revise in several ways the pay for performance …More
Key Measures Go Down to Wire
With less than a week left in the current fiscal year, Congress still has passed none of the regular appropriations …More
Placement Rules Also Proposed
OPM also proposed, in the September 8 Federal Register, various changes in policies relating to priority placement programs for employees …More
OPM Proposes Training, Other Rules Changes
OPM published in the September 2 Federal Register a variety of proposed changes in the law governing the training and …More
