Panel Endorses Reservist Pay Make-Up
The House Government Reform Committee has approved a bill (HR-5525) to entitle a federal employee who is a member of …More
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President Bush has signed into law (P.L. 109-229) a measure to allow employees of the judicial branch to participate in …More
Problems in HR Offices Cited
The government has somewhat rebuilt its human resources workforce since the cuts totaling about 20 percent of HR employees in …More
Expert’s View: Deposits and Redeposits
Some federal employees have worked in federal jobs where retirement contributions weren’t taken out of their pay, while others took …More
Performance Appraisals Get Low Marks
One area where supervisory and non-supervisory employees agree, MSPB said, is in their relatively low opinion of job performance appraisals: …More
Perceptions of Supervisors, Non-Supervisors Differ
The Merit Systems Protection Board has found that perceptions of supervisors versus non-supervisors differ regarding several aspects of federal employment, …More
Pay Law Would Require Bigger Boost
Meanwhile, the Congressional Research Service has issued a report showing that a significantly larger raise would be needed if underlying …More
Skepticism Expressed on Pay Reform
The measure also continues the practice of the last several years of requiring that the legislated raise be applied to …More
2.7 Percent Raise Included
The Transportation-Treasury spending bill, which could come to a full House vote this week, also provides for a 2.7 percent …More
Contracting Restrictions Could Continue
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a spending bill that would continue restrictions on the contracting out program enacted last …More
Proposal to Restart a Long-Running Debate
Unions and other opponents argue that such plans tend to drain off relatively healthy enrollees, leaving other plans with higher …More
FEHB Proposal Sent to Congress
Following up on a recommendation in its budget proposal earlier this year, the Bush administration has sent Congress proposed legislation …More
Surveys Going Out
OPM says that some 400,000 federal employees will be invited to participate in this year’s Federal Human Capital Survey, which …More
Changes in Overtime Rules Proposed
OPM has published proposed changes to several aspects of overtime policy for federal employees to make those policies more closely …More
EEOC Guidance on Race and Color Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a revised set of questions and answers regarding race in color discrimination, reflecting …More
L Funds Continue to Grow
The number of TSP investors with money in the relatively new lifecycle funds and the amount of money in those …More
Only G Fund Positive in May
Only the government securities (G) fund of the TSP—which by design can never have a losing month—was in positive territory …More
Expert’s View: Early Outs and Buyouts
There was a time when getting an offer to retire early was rare and buyouts didn’t exist, writes benefits expert …More
Administration Opposes Provisions
The Bush administration, in comments on the DHS spending bill, said it “is opposed to any effort to reduce or …More
No Word Yet from Court
The delay in implementing the new DHS pay system occurred after a court decision invalidating certain other parts of Max …More
DHS Funding Cut Could Affect Personnel System
A planned cut in spending on Department of Homeland Security personnel accounts in a House-passed spending bill could affect the …More
Another Contracting Restriction Arises
The House-passed version of a spending bill (HR-5384) affecting the Agriculture Department prohibits USDA from spending money, without specific authorization …More
Payments Still Concentrated in a Few Agencies
As in past similar reports, OPM found that use of the payments is concentrated in a relative handful of agencies. …More
Use of Loan Reimbursements Increases
About 4,400 federal employees received student loan reimbursements worth a total of about $28 million in fiscal 2005, roughly a …More
Data Loss Case Could Impact Telework
A congressional investigation into data security practices at the Veterans Affairs department—brought on by the loss of sensitive data on …More
Judicial Leave Sharing Advances
The House has joined the Senate in passing legislation (S-1736) to allow judicial branch employees to participate in any emergency …More
New Ethics Rules Could Affect about 8,000
About 8,000 federal employees would be affected by the stricter ethics requirements contained in HR-5112, an ethics reform bill recently …More
Additional Guidance on 3Rs Issued
The Office of Personnel Management has issued additional guidance on recruitment, retention and relocation incentive payments, commonly called the 3Rs. …More
Concern About Some Programs Expressed
The Senate bill also expresses concern about several DoD programs involving civilian employees. It would reduce the funding for the …More
DoD Bill Carries Other Provisions, Too
The Senate Defense authorization measure also contains several other provisions requested by the Pentagon, including certain exceptions to restrictions against …More
