Some Rollbacks Proposed
The budget proposal meanwhile seeks to reverse some changes adopted only recently as part of a catchall budget measure for …More
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The budget proposal once again made only limited proposals in the areas of federal pay and benefits, some of which …More
Pay Raise Scenario Could Be Familiar
The annual process of setting the following year’s federal pay raise has started on a familiar path, with President Bush …More
Not a Happy New Year for TSP Stock Funds
All three stock-based TSP funds were down substantially in January, with the international stock I fund losing 8.52 percent, the …More
Hot Free Info: The Congressional Reserch Service
The Congressional Research Service recently summarized bills targeting the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset provisions at a recent …More
DoD Bill Addresses Other Areas
The DoD authorization measure also includes several government-wide provisions including: allowing any agency head to raise the total compensation cap …More
Way Ahead on NSPS Remains to Be Seen
The measure’s restrictions on NSPS could effectively turn it into a pilot program for managers and other employees not represented …More
DoD Bill Signed, Suit Dropped
President Bush has signed into law (P.L. 110-181) the fiscal 2008 DoD authorization bill that repeals the labor relations, disciplinary …More
Qualifications for Supervisors Listed
OPM has updated its Supervisory Qualification Guide, which sets guidance for determining requirements for supervisory positions in the general schedule …More
Benefits Issues Also Pending
On the benefits front, most of the administration proposals of recent years have made only halting progress, and may be …More
Budget Proposals Coming Up
The White House will release the fiscal 2009 budget plan on Monday (February 4), a proposal that will carry a …More
Few in NSPS Got Low Ratings
The NSPS payouts were based on performance ratings for those in the system for a full evaluation cycle in advance …More
Pentagon Details 2008 NSPS Payouts
Meanwhile, DoD has said that the January 2008 raises for roughly 110,000 employees under NSPS averaged 5.9 percent. That is …More
Other Restrictions Included
The measure would place several restrictions on the NSPS pay for performance system, specifying that employees under NSPS who are …More
Labor Provisions Were Sticking Point
The labor relations provisions, especially, have been a point of controversy regarding NSPS ever since the department issued proposed rules …More
Congress Again Clears NSPS Restrictions
The Senate has joined the House in passing a revised version of the fiscal 2008 DoD authorization bill that contains …More
DoD Spending Bill Approved Again
The House has approved another version of the fiscal 2008 DoD authorization bill that passed Congress in December but that …More
What Federal Executive Boards Do
A recent report from the Federal Executive Boards describes the functions those boards play in areas such as federal personnel …More
TSP Takes Action on Frequent Traders
The TSP has published an interim rule, effective January 7, under which its executive director the authority to contact participant …More
COLA Count Up to 1 Percent
Through three months of the counting period toward the January 2009 federal retiree COLA, the count stands at 1 percent, …More
Percentage of
Meanwhile, EEOC has issued a report showing that the percentage of the federal workforce with "targeted" disabilities has fallen despite …More
Hispanic Representation Rises Slightly
The percentage of Hispanics in the federal workforce continues to rise, increasing from 7.5 to 7.7 percent over 2006-2007, and …More
DHS Reports Nothing to Report
Meanwhile, DHS has issued a status report on its own, similar planned changes in personnel policies as required by a …More
NSPS Changes Left Intact
No changes were made to other sections of the DoD bill, such as the language to repeal authorities the Pentagon …More
GAO Looks at Progress on Base Closings
DoD has made progress toward implementing the round of base closings approved in 2005, but faces a number of challenges, …More
No Guaranteed Raise for Some
The pay raise’s effects are felt differently at top levels where pay banding arrangements are used. The most numerous of …More
Special Rate Employees Get Increase
Special rate employees—white collar employees who get additional pay for being in hard-to-fill positions—will get the same 2.5 percent across-the-board …More
