Move Is Latest of Series
The action on the GAO bill—which now moves to the Senate—is the latest in a series of steps that Congress …More
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The House has passed HR-5683, which would scale back in several ways the performance management and pay for performance system …More
Key Spending Bill Set for Vote
A House appropriations subcommittee has scheduled action for this week on the annual financial services-general government spending bill, a measure …More
Report Examines Sick Leave, Disability
A recent Congressional Research Service report provided an overview of federal policies on sick leave, disability retirement and injury compensation, …More
Many Issues Would Need to Be Resolved
Any change in the nonforeign area COLA system likely would be phased in over a number of years—seven, under the …More
COLA Proposal Gets an Airing
The Senate federal workforce subcommittee has held a hearing to examine proposals to eliminate the "non-foreign area" cost-of-living allowance program …More
GSA Revises Own Telework Policy
GSA has revised its internal policies on telework, part of the agency’s effort to act as a model for the …More
Telecommuting Bill also Advances
Also approved by the House was HR-4106, which would establish a presumption that federal employees are eligible to telework and …More
More Women, Minorities in SES Developmental Positions
While the percentages of women and minority group members in the SES has increased slightly in the last four years, …More
House Clears SES Diversity Measures
The House has passed HR-3774, which would establish in OPM an SES resource office that would be responsible for making …More
Congress Endorses Pay Parity
Both the House and Senate have passed a final version of a budget outline for fiscal 2009 endorsing parity between …More
Retirement Upgrade Hits Snag
OPM has issued a stop work order on a main component of the RetireEZ system that it started rolling out …More
Senate Bill Not as Far-Reaching
The Senate bill, which is awaiting a floor vote, mirrors the House version in that it would extend the voluntary …More
Other Provisions in House Bill
The House bill further would: require DoD to define the conditions for approving medical care for non-DoD federal employees at …More
DoD Bills Also on Plate
One high priority bill for the upcoming work period—which will be interrupted only by a week-long recess around July 4—is …More
Pay Parity Seems on Track
One early piece of business will be final approval of a budget outline, S. Con. Res. 70, that endorses equivalent …More
Several Key Decisions Ahead
Congress is back at work from a Memorial Day recess, with about two months’ worth of working time left before …More
OPM Reports on Student Loan Reimbursements
The number of federal employees receiving student loan reimbursements as a recruiting and retention tool increase by 15 percent in …More
Programs Have Controversial Aspects
Federal employee unions have expressed concerns about some of the authorities, especially the career intern program, as providing a shortcut …More
Use of Alternative Hiring Authorities Rises
Federal agencies are making greater use of several special hiring authorities separate from competitive service rules, although eight of those …More
Retirement Improvement Bills Pitched
The House federal workforce subcommittee heard support at a hearing for several bills designed to improve retirement benefits with an …More
Other Changes Included
The proposed rules also reflect several other changes ordered by the authorization law, including excluding wage grade employees, requiring DoD …More
Revised NSPS Rules Proposed
DoD has published, in the May 22 Federal Register, proposed rules designed to make its national security personnel system reflect …More
White House Opposes DoD Bill Provisions
The Bush administration has said it strongly opposes several civilian personnel-related provisions in the House-passed DoD authorization bill (HR-5658), although …More
Budget Measure Endorses Pay Parity
A budget outline for the upcoming fiscal year (S. Con. Res. 70) expresses the sense of Congress that pay parity …More
COLA Count Jumps
With five months left in the counting period toward the January 2009 federal retiree COLA, the indicated COLA stands at …More
