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
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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
Expansion of Pay Authority Proposed
Calling the authority underused, OPM has proposed loosening the rules on “critical position pay,” a special pay authority that allows …More
Uniform Allowance Increased
OPM has increased the annual uniform allowance available to civilian federal employees who are required to wear a uniform on …More
Differences by Agencies Continue
As in the past, certain agencies accounted for the bulk of student loan reimbursements. The Justice Department paid out the …More
Student Loan Program Continues Growth
The student loan reimbursement program is continuing to grow, the average amount per employee receiving one dropped slightly, according to …More
Raise Issue a Back Burner Item So Far
Federal employee unions are working to boost the recommended 3 percent figure, hoping that Congress will enact a higher number …More
Pay Law Calls for 14 Percent Raise
Following federal pay law for setting the January 2008 general schedule raise would result in an average raise of 14.08 …More
COLA Count Halfway Through
Halfway through the counting period used to set the January 2008 federal retiree COLA, the count stands at 0.8 percent, …More
Travel Comp Time Rules Finalized
OPM has published rules finalizing policies that had been in effect on an interim basis regarding compensatory time off for …More
Changes in IRS Pay Bands Proposed
The IRS could establish broader pay bands for its employees covered by a pay banding system and could more closely …More
DHS Cites Improvement Efforts
At a hearing before the committee, DHS chief human capital officer Marta Brito Perez said that while the results of …More
Decisions on System Lie Ahead
The report didn’t recommend scrapping the alternative personnel system—recently renamed the human capital operational plan—but said DHS should retain proven …More
Panel Criticizes DHS Personnel Practices
The House Homeland Security Committee has said that since receiving authority to create a tailored personnel system, DHS “has failed …More
