Personnel Reforms Again Urged
The Bush administration once again has urged Congress to revamp federal personnel policies along the lines of the special authorities …More
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The small capitalization stock S fund led TSP returns in January, gaining 3.14 percent on the month, followed by the …More
Mileage Increase Finalized
GSA has finalized the increase indicated earlier in the mileage reimbursement rate for federal employees using personal vehicles on official …More
How Agencies Rank in Satisfaction, Management
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Some Large Agencies Make Appearances
Cabinet departments made up about half of the total number of entities examined in the breakdown, but only the only …More
Smaller, Targeted Agencies Score Best
Relatively small agencies with narrowly targeted missions receive the highest scores in terms of employee satisfaction and certain management measures, …More
No Boost in 2007 Raise
A catchall spending measure for the rest of the current fiscal year that is near final congressional approval would leave …More
Subsidy for Some Retirees Targeted
The budget proposal also seeks a change in the government’s FEHB subsidy for certain retirees. It would leave alone the …More
Familiar Proposals on Benefits
The budget also repeats several proposals that Congress did not approve in prior years. These include several changes to retirement …More
Some Twists on Pay
The budget proposal repeats a request the White House made last year for authority to divide the pay raise not …More
Budget Seeks 3 Percent 2008 Raise
President Bush’s budget proposal for fiscal 2008 seeks a 3 percent raise next January for federal employees and the same …More
Debate over Subsidy Continues
Another issue GAO examined was the question of whether the program should have taken the subsidy created in order to …More
GAO Looks at FEHB Premium Issues
GAO has reported on trends in FEHB premiums, concluding that increases in the cost and utilization of health care services …More
Health Proposal Could Affect Some in FEHB
A White House proposal to change certain tax code provisions as part of a health insurance reform plan could affect …More
Expert’s View: FEGLI Optional Coverage
The FEGLI program offers three types of optional coverage in addition to its Basic coverage, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. …More
Factors in Favor of Telework Listed
The survey showed that better work-life balance is by far the major driver in favor of telecommuting, cited as the …More
Resistance to Telework Remains
Despite years of encouragement for teleworking from OPM, GSA, some in Congress and some outside groups, resistance of managers remains …More
Whistleblower Bill Reintroduced
Legislation (S-274) offered in the Senate would broaden job protections for federal employees who make whistleblowing disclosures designed to overcome …More
House Assignments Made
On the House side, the key committee handling federal workforce issues has been renamed the House Oversight and Government Reform …More
Key Senate Panel Filled Out
Both parties have made their assignments to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the primary Senate panel that …More
Last Chance for Higher Raise Upcoming
Congress is putting together a spending plan to fund most federal agencies through the rest of the current fiscal year, …More
Expert’s View: FEGLI Basic Coverage
FEGLI Basic insurance coverage is provided automatically when you get you first federal civilian job, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. …More
Report Looks at Acquisition Workforce Issues
An advisory group to OMB has issued a report on federal contracting issues that includes findings and recommendations regarding the …More
Investors More Conservative than Private Sector Workers
The report also says stock-related investments make up about two-thirds of private sector 401(k) plan assets but the average TSP …More
Reasons for Participating, and Not
Among participants, the most common reason is the tax advantage, cited by 70 percent, followed by the convenience of payroll …More
TSP Also Reports Survey Results
The TSP meanwhile released results of a survey it conducted last year, showing that investors overall support increasing the available …More
How the Private Sector Compares
For some of the questions, OPM presented comparisons with similar survey questions of private sector employees. There was an insignificant …More
Some Changes in Trends
The report shows some trends since the initial 2002 survey reflected in both the 2004 and 2006 surveys. For example, …More
Some Other Indicators Low
As in the past surveys, certain areas showed far lower levels of satisfaction. Only 22 percent agreed or strongly agreed …More
Employees Like their Work, Benefits
Federal employees hold generally positive views about their jobs, pay, benefits and immediate supervisors, although they take a dimmer view …More
