COLA about Average for Recent Years
The 2.3 percent COLA that most federal retirees and survivor beneficiaries will receive with their January 2008 payments in the …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersAnother Showdown over Contracting Brewing
The White House has threatened to veto a House-passed bill (HR-3056) that would repeal the authority to use contractors to …More
CRS Examines
The Congressional Research Service recently summarized “revolving door” policies that limit activities of federal employees who take jobs with outside …More
Time Running Short to Adjust TSP Investing
With the end of the calendar year nearing, time is running short for higher-paid FERS employees to make sure they …More
Similar Issues Pending at DoD
The development on the DHS disciplinary and appeals rights provisions shifted focus to the Defense Department, which has issued, but …More
Rules Seek to Streamline Process
The rules, which are effective on an interim basis, seek to streamline the MSPB appeals process in several ways, by …More
DHS Disciplinary Rules Issued
MSPB has issued regulations that open the door for DHS to apply revised appeals procedures at least to its employees …More
Pay Raise Bill in Line in Senate
The Senate returned to work this week from a one-week break and turned its attention to unfinished work on appropriations …More
GAO Finds Too Many Going First Class
Two-thirds of the premium class travel by federal travelers was not properly authorized or justified in recent 12-month period, GAO …More
SES Diversity Measure Introduced
Legislation offered in both the House and Senate seeks to address the under-representation in the senior executive ranks of women …More
Unique Provisions in House Bill
The House bill also contains language not in the Senate version that: improves several benefits available to federal civilian personnel …More
Other Differences Also Exist
Both versions of the DoD bill also would impose new restrictions on contracting-out policy, with the Senate language more extensive …More
Senate Clears DoD Appropriation
The Senate has passed its version of the fiscal 2008 DoD appropriations bill, which now also heads to a conference …More
Maneuvering on NSPS Language Begins
Federal unions that have opposed most of the provisions of DoD’s national security personnel system are asking House-Senate conferees to …More
Pay Gap Data Reported
The group also continues to oversee changes in the way the Labor Department calculates the pay gaps by locality; that …More
Division of 2008 Raise Assumed
The group also assumed that the across-the-board component of the January 2008 GS raise will be 2.5 percent, with the …More
No Changes Planned in GS Locality Structure
The Federal Salary Council has recommended no changes in the general schedule locality pay structure through 2009, deciding to leave …More
I Fund Tops TSP Returns in September
The international stock I fund of the TSP posted a 5.36 percent gain in September, followed by the common stock …More
MSPB Looks at Hiring Practices
A recent MSPB publication examined why the government tends to hire older applicants even for entry-level positions. For a closer …More
Student Loan Bill Signed
President Bush has signed into law (PL 110-84) a measure that allows forgiveness of certain federally backed student loans after …More
Retirement System Operation Rated
OMB has rated the federal retirement system as “adequate” in a new assessment done in the “PART” (program assessment and …More
More Wrangling Over Spending Ahead
A stopgap funding bill that continues agency spending levels at current levels through November 16 effectively buys more time for …More
House Version Also Targets Contracting
The House-passed DoD authorization measure contains many similar contracting provisions. It: continues the general policy that contractors could not gain …More
Stricter Contracting Policies Approved
In voting on its DoD measure, the Senate accepted an amendment to impose more restrictions on the contracting out program …More
Senate Approves Limits on NSPS
The Senate has passed its version of a fiscal 2008 DoD authorization bill (HR-1585) that would repeal the authority under …More
