Expert’s View: Should You Elect a Survivor Annuity?
If you are married one of the first things you’ll have to decide after you decide to retire is whether …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersMinor Changes Made in Sick Leave Policy
OPM in the August 17 Federal Register published final rules making several minor changes in sick leave policy. It eliminated …More
OPM Memo on Emergency Situations
OPM has released a memo describing personnel authorities that agencies may use to help employees, and help maintain operations, in …More
Pay Rules in Pandemic Outlined
Interim rules published by OPM in the August 17 Federal Register outline pay actions for employees affected by a pandemic …More
Court Reads Whistleblower Protections Broadly
Whistleblower anti-retaliation law applies to situations in which an agency refuses to hire someone for a posted vacancy, even if …More
More Surveys Coming
OPM has issued final rules carrying out a 2004 law requiring agencies to conduct an annual survey of employees. The …More
Language Too Broad, DoD Says
The Pentagon also argues that the restrictive language on NSPS would bar work on parts of the NSPS even if …More
Restrictions on NSPS at Issue
One provision in the House version but not the Senate bill would bar DoD from making changes in certain personnel …More
Contracting Restriction Added
The Senate in floor voting adopted an amendment to expand restrictions on contracting out at DoD, the department that does …More
Authorization Bill Could Be Last Chance
The last chance for boosting the military raise to 2.7 percent—and thus setting the higher figure as the target for …More
2.7 Percent Raise Suffers Another Setback
In another setback for prospects for setting the January 2007 federal pay raise at 2.7 percent, the Senate has joined …More
Federal Legal Corner: Senate Office’s Appeal Denied: Complaint of Discrimination and Retaliation Allowed to Continue
In a key case, Bastien v. Office of Sen. Campbell, 2006 WL 1756043 (10th Cir. 2006), the U.S. Court of …More
Automatic Enrollment in TSP Considered
An idea that has been pending before the TSP governing board for some time and that may be nearing a …More
TSP Stock Funds Have Good Month
All three stock-oriented TSP funds posted gains above 2 percent in August, with the international stock (I) fund up 2.76 …More
Expert’s View: OPM’s New Service Credit Update System
OPM has a new service that will allow those of you who have already gotten a service credit statement to …More
Contracts Awarded for Dental-Vision Insurance Program
OPM has awarded contracts to providers for the upcoming Federal Dental and Vision Insurance Program, or FEDVIP, which will act …More
MSPB’s Take on Merit in Alternative Systems
The Merit Systems Protection Board has summarized issues involving merit practices in alternative personnel systems, a significant issue as the …More
Demo Projects Mainly a Back-Burner Issue
As recently as several years ago, demonstration projects—which allow departments to waive many standard civil service rules, particularly in the …More
Commerce Demo Project Expanded
The alternative personnel practice demonstration project at the Commerce Department has been expanded under authority enacted last year allowing the …More
Decision on DHS Appeal Pending
September 25 is the deadline for the Bush administration to file an appeal at the Supreme Court in the lawsuit …More
Raise Still Pending in Appropriations Process
The Transportation-Treasury spending bill approved by the House and pending in the Senate would set the January raise at 2.7 …More
No ‘Alternative’ Raise Recommendation Made
The White House did not use its authority to recommend an “alternative” federal pay raise by the August 31 deadline, …More
Expert’s View: The Month-End Retirement Decision
There are always plenty of employees out there who are uncertain about the rules governing when to retire, writes benefits …More
Hard to Identify What’s Working
Without effective performance measurement data, especially data on program outcomes, “decision makers may have insufficient information to evaluate whether the …More
GAO Looks at Federal Building Security
Although agencies are trying to measure the effects of building security improvements they have put in place in recent years, …More
Key Provisions of Senate Version
Meanwhile the Senate version would: allow all agencies to pay the same allowances, benefits, and gratuities to personnel on official …More
Authorization Bill Not Yet Finalized
Congress also must address the annual DoD authorization bill (HR-5122); the House and Senate have passed versions that differ on …More
DoD Issues also Pending
Several issues involving DoD’s revisions in personnel policy, the national security personnel system, also are pending. The House’s DoD appropriations …More
DHS Personnel System Issue Pending
Both the House and Senate versions of the DHS funding bill restrict the amount of money that would be available …More
Other Restrictive Language Abounds
Other restrictions on contracting policy in the pending appropriations bills include: the House-passed Science-State-Justice Commerce bill (HR-5672), to prohibit carrying …More
