COLA Count Up to 1.5 Percent
Through seven months of the counting period toward the January 2008 federal retiree COLA, the count stands at 1.5 percent, …More
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For a closer look at the committee statement regarding those and other personnel provisions in the bill and the administration’s …More
Retirement Effective Date Policy at Issue
The DoD bill also contains government-wide language that DoD requested to change the current policy regarding when annuities for new …More
Raise, Contracting Provisions Also Opposed
The measure also recommends a 3.5 percent January 2008 military raise, a figure that could be applied to federal employees …More
Veto Threatened over NSPS Revision
The House has passed and the White House has threatened to veto a DoD authorization bill (HR-1585) that would repeal …More
Way Ahead is Uncertain
Although the lower court decision had blocked the labor relations and appeal rights provisions, DoD has moved forward with carrying …More
Other Issues Decided
The appeals court’s ruling also sided with DoD on several other objections the unions raised to the NSPS rules. It …More
Numerous Rights at Issue
Unions objected to numerous provisions of NSPS relating to labor relations, in particular: imposing conduct restrictions on union representatives that …More
Court Backs Pentagon on NSPS Rules
A federal appeals court has sided with DoD and against a group of federal unions contesting the labor-management relations and …More
Expert”s View: A Trouble-Free Retirement Application Process
Surprisingly for a document that can propel you from employment into retirement, the application form itself is only two pages …More
FSA Claim Deadline Coming Up
May 31 is the deadline for submitting claims against 2006 federal employee flexible spending accounts. The actual expenses had to …More
CRS Examines Student Loan Authority
The Congressional Research Service recently issued a report examining how the federal employee student loan reimbursement program works, as well …More
Civilians Feeling Budget Pinch
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has sent a letter to Congress stating that a continued impasse over supplemental war funds has started …More
3.5 Percent Raise Endorsed
The DoD authorization bill also endorses a 3.5 percent raise next January for uniformed military personnel, up from the 3 …More
Greater Appeal Rights Sought
The measure also would allow DoD employees—in most cases, presumably through union representatives—to challenge contracting decisions. Under current law, disappointed …More
Contracting-Out Restrictions Included
The DoD bill further would impose several new restrictions on the contracting out program at DoD, which does the lion’s …More
DoD Bill Also Would Affect Personnel
The committee-passed DoD bill, which could come to a full House vote this week, would largely repeal the law that …More
Other Provisions in DHS Bill
The DHS measure also contains several other personnel provisions, including a bar on furloughing Federal Protective Service workers pending a …More
Opposition from White House Coming
The White House has threatened to veto the DHS bill, should it clear the Senate and a later conference with …More
Restrictions on DHS, DoD Personnel Systems Advance
The full House and a key House committee have acted to scale back the alternative personnel systems that the Bush …More
Flexible Schedules Also Important
The GAO report also addressed the commonly held view that employees highly value flexible working arrangements, such as alternative or …More
Relatively Few Use Dependent Care Benefits
About 54 percent of federal employees reported having either child or adult dependent care needs, or both, and about 19 …More
Union Role Uncertain
The report added that although Pentagon management has broad authority to take appropriate action to provide for the more effective …More
BRAC Impact Still Hard to Gauge, Report says
A report from the Congressional Research Service says that the impact on federal jobs of the round of defense base …More
Several Bills Introduced
Among the bills recently introduced in Congress are: HR-1974 by Rep. Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., and S-1166 by Sen. John …More
Performance Shares Awarded
All employees with ratings of fair or above received the equivalent of the January 2007 general schedule raise, meaning that …More
DoD Releases NSPS Ratings Breakdown
In the first cycle of ratings under the national security personnel system, only about 3 percent of employees in "spiral …More
Crackdown on Tax Delinquents Urged
The ranking Democrat and Republican on the Senate Finance Committee have urged the administration to step up collection of delinquent …More
Situation Has Familiar Look
Misuse of the cards could potentially lead to criminal charges in addition to any possible disciplinary action, and GAO referred …More
Misuse of Transit Subsidies Found
GAO in an audit of the federal employee transit subsidy program in the Washington, D.C. area found significant abuse of …More
