Attrition Rate Low and Steady
The attrition rate at federal agencies has held steady at relatively low levels, according to data compiled by GAO for …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersRegs Proposed on New Processing System
OPM in the August 17 Federal Register proposed rules needed to carry out health and life insurance and retirement claims …More
FEDVIP Decision Time Also Coming
Also during the same open season period will be an opportunity to sign up for or change coverage in the …More
Open Season Also Affects FSAs
During the same open season period, employees will be able to sign up for flexible spending accounts for the 2008 …More
No Major Changes in Coverage Expected
In its annual “call letter” to carriers earlier this year, OPM did not mandate major changes in benefits but rather …More
FEHB Announcement Likely Coming Soon
The annual announcement of premiums and plan offerings in FEHB for the upcoming plan year—that is, calendar year—is likely to …More
Workforce Continues to Age
OPM recently released statistics showing the age patterns of the federal workforce over the last two decades, showing that the …More
Other Concerns Voiced
In the survey, many of the personnel chiefs said that while hiring time is speeding up, it is still too …More
Human Capital Chiefs Back Pay Reform
In a survey of federal chief human capital officers by the Partnership for Public Service, more than half agreed that …More
Employee Surveys Coming
MSPB will soon be conducting two government-wide surveys, one of them the merit principles survey, which is taken every other …More
COLA Count Drops a Bit
Through 10 months of the current count toward the January 2008 federal retiree COLA, the count stands at 2.3 percent, …More
Action on Hill Could Be More Significant
DoD has not indicated any new plan of action in light of the appeals court’s latest decision. All employees put …More
No Guarantee the Court Will Intervene
The full appeals court’s refusal to hear the case is a setback for the unions but there had been a …More
NSPS Legal Fight Could Be Lengthy
The legal fight over certain aspects of DoD’s national security personnel system, could continue for many more months, with federal …More
Awards Policy Finalized
OPM has finalized a policy in effect on an interim basis since 2002 making senior level and senior scientific and …More
Telework Improvements Backed
During voting just before its August recess, the House accepted an amendment to an energy bill (HR-3221) requiring agencies to …More
OGE Guidance on Helping Job Seekers
The Office of Government Ethics recently released guidance on ethical policies regarding assisting another person get a job. For a …More
Retiree Rehiring Authority Signed
President Bush has signed into law (P.L. 110-50) legislation allowing the rehiring of foreign service retirees to help with the …More
Vet Preference Policy Published
OPM in the July 19 Federal Register published an interim regulation carrying out a change in veterans preference policy under …More
Lessons on Pay Reforms Cited
CRS also noted that numerous federal pay reform proposals are circulating, including tying pay more closely to both market conditions …More
Pay Anomalies Exist, Too
CRS said that the current system also allows for anomalies in pay, noting that total compensation—including pay and bonuses—for senior …More
CRS Finds Pay Compression Worsening
Pay compression—the narrowing difference in pay between top federal officials and the people they supervise—has been increasing in recent years …More
Pay Order May Be Coming
Under federal pay law, the President has an annual opportunity, with an August 31 deadline, to set a federal pay …More
TSP Stock Funds Wilt in July
The three stock-oriented TSP funds suffered significant losses in July, with the small company (S) fund down 4.57 percent, the …More
Measures Target TSA Personnel Issues
The Senate in voting on the DHS 2008 appropriations bill (S-1644) adopted an amendment requiring a report to Congress on …More
Retiree Rehiring Measure Offered
Legislation (S-2003) offered in the Senate would expand the situations in which agencies may rehire federal retirees without an offset …More
