GPO, WEP Issues Get Another Hearing
The Senate Finance Committee has conducted the latest in a series of hearings on the windfall elimination provision and government …More
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The CRS report raises several options that it termed carrots and sticks to encourage FERS employees to conserve their sick …More
FERS Employees Using More Sick Leave
The Congressional Research Service has issued a report on the differences in sick leave usage by employees in the FERS …More
Spending Measure Addresses Raise, Continued Spending
The DoD appropriations bill, set for final voting this week, sets a precedent for a 3.5 percent average pay raise …More
Differing Approaches Under Consideration
Both the House and Senate earlier this year voted as part of the DoD authorization bill to place restrictions on …More
Focus on NSPS Shifts to Authorization Bill
The focus on the future of DoD’s national security personnel system has shifted to a conference on a defense authorization …More
All TSP Funds Up in October
All the TSP funds had a gaining month in October, with the international stock I fund leading the way with …More
Two Phases of Implementation Planned
Spiral 2 is to be broken into two phases and carried out through next spring as components are ready. Spiral …More
NSPS Spiral 2 Components Listed
DoD has announced the components that will be included in the next phase of its national security personnel system implementation, …More
OPM Issues Guidance on Annuitant Reemployment
OPM has issued guidance to carry out rules changes it published recently regarding reemployment of annuitants. For a closer look, …More
ECI Used as Starting Point
In recent years the ECI figure alone has effectively become the starting point for annual raise deliberations, and locality pay …More
Early Marker Set for 2009 Raise
An early marker has been set for the January 2009—not 2008—general schedule pay raise, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics …More
No Open Season for FEGLI, FLTCIP
For this open season, OPM has changed the way it presents benefits information, shifting the focus away from just FEHB …More
New Enrollment in FSAs Required
During the same open season period, employees will be able to sign up for flexible spending accounts for the 2008 …More
FEDVIP Coverage Also Affected
In general, those eligible for FEHB also are eligible under the Federal Dental and Vision Insurance Program, whose carriers are …More
APWU Health Plan Consumer Driven Option: 2008 Rates
The APWU Health Plan Consumer Driven Option is open to all Postal and Federal Employees for 2008. The Consumer Driven …More
Open Season Coming Up
Starting next Monday (November 12) and running through December 10 the government is conducting its annual benefits open season enrollment …More
Assistance for Wildfire Victims Announced
OPM has set up a toll-free number, (800) 307-8298), and a website, www.opm.gov/CaliforniaFires/ to provide information to employees and annuitants …More
VA Describes Recruitment, Retention Strategy
The VA recently described at a House hearing its strategies for recruiting and retaining employees in the highly competitive market …More
Survey Shows Stress from Deployments
The State Department says that results of a survey of foreign service officers who had been assigned to “unaccompanied tours”—that …More
Leave Sharing Changes Proposed
OPM also in the October 15 Federal Register proposed several changes involving emergency leave sharing programs, which the government sets …More
FEDVIP Rules Published
OPM in the October 15 Federal Register published interim rules on the Federal Dental and Vision Insurance Program, FEDVIP, which …More
Developments on NSPS Still Pending
House and Senate leaders on defense issues have been working behind the scenes for the last several weeks on the …More
VC Program Is Not an Urban Myth
Voluntary contribution accounts are available only to CSRS and CSRS-Offset employees; those employees may invest an amount equal to up …More
Key Interest Rate Set
The interest rate the government uses for various purposes related to federal retirement programs—including the rate of return on “voluntary …More
OPM Outlines Changes in Open Season
OPM has sent out guidance describing changes that will require actions by enrollees in the upcoming open season for FEHB, …More
