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
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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
Demonstration Project at USDA Planned
The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety Inspection Service has proposed to conduct a personnel demonstration project that, like the others already …More
Survey Provides Insight into SES
The survey also provided some other indicators of the SES, for example confirming projections of high turnover among the senior …More
Concerns about Communication, Development Expressed
Lack of communication about the pay system was another issue identified: only about a third said they were given a …More
SES Survey Highlights Issues Performance Pay
In a survey that highlights issues surrounding the government’s attempts to move to performance-based pay, senior executives expressed misgivings about …More
Pay Parity Target Figure Is 3.9
The measure also endorses a 3.9 percent raise for military personnel in January, further improving prospects for boosting the federal …More
Other Provisions Included
The House measure also: extends the authority to waive limitations on premium pay available to civilian employees who work overseas …More
Restrictions on DoD Contracting Sought
A three-year moratorium on contracting out cost studies would be imposed on the Defense Department under a House Armed Services …More
TSP Changes Floated
The leaders of the House committee with oversight over the TSP have prepared a draft bill that would carry out …More
