Leave Improvement Bill Planned
The head of the House federal workforce subcommittee, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., is considering offering legislation that would provide federal …More
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The House has passed an appropriations bill covering the Agriculture Department and certain other agencies (HR-3161) that, like prior recent …More
Top Rate Scraping $400
The top daily rate will be in Vail, Colo., a total of $381 from December 1-January 31 and $316 February …More
New Per Diem Rates Announced
The General Services Administration has announced new per diem rates for federal travelers to be effective October 1. As in …More
Focus Will Shift to Senate
The Senate has not taken up either the DoD authorization or appropriations bills and likely will turn to one or …More
New National Security Clearance Salary Survey Results Reveal Widening of the Salary Gap
ClearanceJobs.com, the leading Internet-based job board for professionals with U.S. government security clearances, has released the results of its third …More
House Votes to Cut off NSPS Funds
The House has voted to cut off funding for DoD’s national security personnel system, the most severe in a series …More
Measure Would Restrict Labor Dept. Contracting
The House has passed an appropriations bill covering the Labor Department (HR-3043) that would bar further contracting-out studies or direct …More
Guidance Sent on Severe Weather Policies
OPM recently sent guidance to agencies regarding personnel policies in severe weather situations, describing policies on pay and benefits, telecommuting, …More
Benefit Changes Proposed
The Bush administration has sent to Congress as draft legislation several initiatives that it earlier announced that it supported. One …More
Some Fields Growing, Some Not
Compared with a similar study two years ago, the greatest growth areas are compliance and enforcement, information technology, health care, …More
Job Opportunities Exist, But are Concentrated
Federal agencies expect to hire nearly 200,000 employees over the next two years as they take on new work and …More
Moves Against Package Possible
Critics of the base closing process “may be encouraged to try to slow or reverse” the process, in particular by …More
DoD Seeks to Assure on Base Closings
Deputy defense secretary Gordon England has sent out a memo for DoD employees in organizations affected by the base realignment …More
Senate Restricts Funds for DHS Personnel System
The Senate has passed an appropriations measure for DHS (S-1644) that contains only $5 million of the $15 million the …More
TSP Proposal Sent to Hill
The TSP has sent to Congress proposed legislation to change the program from an “opt in” arrangement for new employees …More
New Pay Rates for VA Doctors Take Effect
New pay ranges for physicians and dentists at the VA took effect July 22, under a 2004 law that established …More
Appropriations for OPM Detailed
For a closer look at the Senate bill’s recommendations for OPM, go to fedweek.com/HotFreeNews in the hot free info section …More
Pay, Other Provisions Included
The Senate version also orders OPM to encourage agencies to better help their employees with their child care needs, including …More
Measure Carries Personnel Policies
The Senate version of an appropriations bill ready for a floor vote contains several policy decisions for federal employees government-wide, …More
NSPS Costs Hard to Tally
GAO has said that the $158 million cost that DoD has estimated for putting the national security personnel system in …More
Project Could be Limited
DHS earlier this year said it is shifting its focus to conducting a pay for performance pilot project among its …More
DHS System Remains Up in the Air
The uncertainty over potential changes in personnel policies at DHS apparently will continue another six months, since a federal judge …More
House Backs Loan Forgiveness
The House has passed a bill (HR-2669) making numerous changes to college loan policies, including a provision that would forgive …More
TSA Union Rights Push Suffers Setback
The Senate in passing its version (S-4) of a bill to carry out recommendations of the 9-11 Commission dropped language …More
OPM Updates Veterans Preference Guidance
OPM has updated its guidance on qualifying for veterans preference, which aids in both job-seeking and job retention in many …More
NSPS Changes Opposed
The White House has issued what amounts to a mild statement of opposition to a language in the pending Senate …More
