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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersConcern 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
Chances of Boosting Raise to 2.7 Percent Improve
A House appropriations subcommittee has improved the chances of the January 2007 federal raise being set at 2.7 percent rather …More
COLA Count Jumps Ahead
The inflation index used to set the federal retirement cost-of-living adjustment increased by 1 percentage point in April, the larges …More
Reservist Pay Make-Up Issue Resurfaces
Among the issues to be resolved by the House and Senate in a conference over a special supplemental defense spending …More
Rule on Teaching, Speaking Upheld
A federal appeals court has upheld ethics rules that restrict the ability of federal employees to receive payments for teaching, …More
NSPS Conversion Fact Sheet Issued
DoD has released a fact sheet providing general information concerning conversion to the national security personnel system, the within-grade-increase buy-in, …More
Expert’s View: The WEP: Clearing the Air
In recent years, bills have been introduced in Congress that would modify or eliminate the windfall elimination provision, writes benefits …More
Spending Bill Contains Contracting Restrictions
A spending bill covering the Interior Department and several other agencies including EPA, passed by the House Appropriations Committee (HR-5386) …More
DHS Measure Would Affect Jobs, Personnel System
The House Appropriations Committee has approved an appropriations bill for the upcoming year for the Department of Homeland Security that …More
Base Closing Timeline at Issue
Meanwhile, the administration also has objected to the funding levels for DoD base realignment and closings accounts contained in a …More
Death Benefit Increase Also Opposed
The administration also said it strongly opposes language in the bill that would amend the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) …More
Administration Objects to DoD Bill Provisions
The Bush administration has raised objections to several provisions in a House-passed spending bill for DoD in fiscal 2007 (HR-5122), …More
Costs of Military vs. Civilian Hard to Assess
GAO also said that under current practices, it is difficult to assess the relative costs of employing civilians versus using …More
Some DoD Medical Positions Being Converted to Civilian
The medical field is one of the areas of focus for DoD for converting military positions to civilian jobs, the …More
Leaders Pitch Telework
The CRS report noted that planning for continuity of operations has emerged as a major selling point for telecommuting, even …More
Crises Heighten Interest in Telework—For a While
Crisis situations tend to pique interest among federal agencies in allowing their employees to telework, according to a Congressional Research …More
REIT Fund Would Break Pattern
The CRS report said that introduction of a REIT TSP fund would be a departure from the program’s tradition of …More
CRS Looks at REITS as TSP Investment
The Congressional Research Service has issued a report examining real estate investment trusts and the proposal to include a fund …More
Expert’s View: FEHB in Retirement
Carrying health benefits into retirement is so important that employees listening to their coworkers or attending retirement seminars are either …More
Details Still to Come on Vision-Dental Plan
Although OPM has selected carriers that will participate in the Federal Dental and Vision Insurance Plan—what will be called FEDVIP—many …More
Pay Raise Difference Spotlighted
The Senate is set to take up its version of the DoD bill (S-2507) as soon as this week, highlighting …More
Disparity in A-76 Policy Cited
The report accompanying the bill says that civilian in-house workforces and contractor workforces who win A–76 competitions are treated differently …More
House Clears DoD Spending Bill
The House has passed a DoD authorization bill (HR-5122) advocating only relatively minor changes in civilian personnel policies at the …More
High Demand, Low Supply
“In addition to employees who specialize in languages, the government needs workers who are both fluent in foreign languages and …More
Need for Language Skills Stressed
Federal agencies have growing needs for employees to speak certain foreign languages—especially Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Farsi and Pashto—but …More
Expert’s View: Survivor Annuity—Yes or No
The major downside to electing a survivor annuity is that you will get less in your own annuity, writes benefits …More
Contracting-In Still a Rarity
CRS added that although Circular A-76 does not prohibit conducting a public-private competition for a function or activity that is …More
Shortage of Information Cited
Said CRS, “A longstanding problem of competitive sourcing has been the dearth of accurate, reliable, useful, and comprehensive information about …More
