Senate Takes Aim at DHS System
The Senate also could vote soon on its version of the DHS appropriations measure (S-1644), which provides only $5 million …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersNumerous Contracting Provisions in Play
Still in progress in the House are a number of measures that would change contracting-out policies at the agencies they …More
Major Bills Still in Progress
Congress expects a busy month of work before its August recess, during which it will address several remaining appropriations bills …More
GAO Looks at Telework Policies, Proposal
GAO recently testified before the Senate on the status of the federal telework program and the proposal aimed at broadening …More
Other Findings on Telework
OPM said that concern about “office coverage” is the top hindrance to more federal workers working from home or other …More
Numbers Down but Telework Up
About 119,000 federal employees were teleworkers in 2005, with about 70 percent of them teleworking at least one day per …More
COLA Count Up to 2.3
Through eight months of the current counting period toward the January 2008 federal retiree COLA, the count stands at 2.3 …More
Pandemic Rules Finalized
OPM has finalized regulations proposed earlier determining the official worksite for employees who telework from an alternative worksite during an …More
Automatic Investing Backed
Meanwhile, the TSP will seek legislation that would require newly hired federal employees to invest 3 percent of salary unless …More
Measure Restricts Contracting Policy
The spending bill would continue a restriction that predecessor bills have imposed on contracting-out studies under OMB Circular A-76 for …More
Raise Bill Up for Vote
A House vote could come this week on the financial services-general government appropriations bill (HR-2829) that would set the January …More
Other Disputes Lie Ahead
The administration also said it opposes language in the DHS bill delaying any job cuts in the Federal Protective Service …More
Personnel System Remains at Issue
The White House also said it is “opposed to any effort to reduce, eliminate, limit, or delay funding for DHS …More
Focus on DHS Shifts to Senate
The House has passed an appropriations bill for DHS (HR-2638) containing several provisions relating to personnel and agency management that …More
Pay, Loan Measures also Advance
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee also approved S-1046, which would allow higher pay for senior level employees …More
Training, Whistleblower Bills Progress
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved legislation (S-967) to require new supervisors to receive training in …More
Pay Raise up for House Vote
The House could vote this week on an appropriations bill specifying a 3.5 percent January 2008 federal pay raise, which …More
Other Changes Included
The Senate DoD bill also contains several provisions that would affect employees government-wide. These include making wage grade employees eligible …More
Union Rights a Key to Other Aspects
Under the law authorizing NSPS, the restrictions on labor relations rights will expire in November 2009 unless reauthorized before then. …More
Defense Bill Goes Before Senate
The Senate is expected to take up soon the annual authorization bill for DoD (S-1547) that aims to roll back …More
Role of Executive Boards in Emergencies Examined
GAO recently reported on the role of Federal Executive Boards—which are local interagency coordinating groups–in emergency planning for federal agencies, …More
COLAs Have Unique Features
OPM argues that the COLA is out of line with pay-setting practices for other federal employees, which are based on …More
OPM Sends Proposal on Non-foreign Area Pay
The Bush administration has sent a formal legislative proposal to Capitol Hill reflecting a request made in the White House …More
Several Law Enforcement Provisions Included
The DHS spending bill contains several provisions of special interest to law enforcement-related employees working there. It provides: funds for …More
Panel Backs DHS Personnel Fund Cutoff
The House Appropriations Committee has approved an appropriations bill covering DHS that would deny funding for the alternative personnel system …More
Contracting Restrictions Also Arising
The annual appropriations bill covering general government matters for many years has been used—even under Republican leadership—as a vehicle for …More
3.5 Percent Pay Raise Progressing
The House Appropriations Committee soon is expected to approve a 3.5 percent average general schedule pay raise for federal employees …More
Results Mixed on Competitiveness
Only single digit percentages of respondents said they considered the four top benefits–health insurance, retirement, TSP and retiree health benefits—not …More
Employees Consider Benefits Important
Federal employees in general consider their core employment-related benefits important but in many cases do not know how well those …More
