RIF Procedural Change Finalized
OPM published in the August 11 Federal Register final rules to carry out changes in RIF procedures that it says …More
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GSA has released its annual update of per diem reimbursements for federal travelers, raising the rates in many cities but …More
Pay Order May Be Coming
Under federal pay law, the President has an annual opportunity, with an August 31 deadline, to make a federal pay …More
Report on Postal Employment Issued
The Congressional Research Service has issued a report finding that overall postal service employment has held about steady over the …More
Expert’s View: FEGLI and Those Called to Active Duty
A recent change in law allows those called to active duty to continue their FEGLI life insurance for a second …More
Value of TSP Changes Assessed
A proposal that has cleared the House to would automatically enroll all newly hired federal employees with a required personal …More
Some New Ideas, Some Old
The Senate measure also orders OPM to report on its steps to improve communication to employees about dependent care programs …More
Pay, Retirement System Language Included
The Senate measure also includes language to guarantee that federal employees who are called to active military duty continue would …More
Provisions Could Be Controversial
According to the analysis, competitions that involve work performed by contractors "are rare. Most public-private competitions involve work performed by …More
New ‘Insourcing’ Rules Would be Set
According to a report on the measure filed by the Senate Appropriations Committee, the bill would set a new series …More
Spending Bill Includes Policy Changes
The financial services-general government spending bill pending in the Senate contains several significant provisions for federal employees beyond providing for …More
Mileage Reimbursement Rate Increases
GSA has increased, effective August 1, the mileage reimbursement rate for federal employees using their personal vehicles for official business …More
Paycheck, GAO Bills Advance
The House has passed HR-6073, which would provide that federal employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer—as the large …More
Concerns Raised on Building Security
GAO recently reported on staffing, funding and other challenges facing the Federal Protective Service, the agency that provides physical security, …More
TSP Returns Not So Hot in July
Four of the five TSP funds posted losses in July, with the international stock I fund down 3.72 percent, the …More
Sick Leave Provision a New Twist
The language on FERS sick leave seeks to address a longstanding complaint by employees in that system, that they generally …More
TSP, FERS Sick Leave Provisions Advance
In one of its last actions before recessing, the House attached provisions involving the TSP and FERS sick leave policy …More
DHS Appropriations Also Pending
Neither the House nor Senate has voted on the DHS appropriations measures, both of which seek to boost employment, particularly …More
DoD Bill Still Pending in Senate
Before recessing the Senate took up but did not finish work on its version of the annual DoD authorization bill …More
Congress Leaves Much Work Unfinished
Congress has gone into a recess that will last until September 8 without taking action on a number of key …More
New Per Diem Rates Ahead
The General Services Administration likely will soon announce new per diem rates for federal travelers to be effective October 1, …More
Senate Clears Top-Level Pay Changes
The Senate has passed and sent to the House legislation (S-1046) that would bring pay practices for senior level (SL) …More
Expert’s View: The Ups and Downs of COLAs
Several changes in law in the 1960s and 1970s to improve COLA benefits were a kind of high-water mark, writes …More
Ratings Higher at Some Agencies
Ratings varied among agencies, with the State Department rating 69 percent of its execs at the top level, and HHS, …More
Ratings Translate into Cash
The report noted that SESers are rated on either five-level or four-level systems. Among the former, it said, 46.3 percent …More
Half of SES Rated
Nearly half of senior executives were rated "outstanding" or equivalent in fiscal 2007, a slight increase over 2006, and those …More
Issues in NSPS Implementation Cited
The DoD testimony cited issues that have arisen in implementing NSPS that could provide a lesson for any possible expansion …More
NSPS Set to Expand
Much of the attention at the hearing focused on the national security personnel system at DoD, the largest of the …More
Pay for Performance Systems Debated
Federal unions and Bush administration officials once again have sparred over pay for performance systems that the administration has been …More
