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
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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
CRS Reviews Contracting-Out Program
Congressional interest and involvement in contracting out—what the administration calls competitive sourcing–as measured by legislation that has been enacted, has …More
OMB Seeks Relief from A-76 Restrictions
OMB has again asked Congress for relief from restrictions imposed on Circular A-76 requiring that most decisions be based on …More
Effort May Address Other Issues
The Transportation-Treasury bill also often acts as the vehicle for changes to federal benefits policy. The Bush administration has requested …More
Appropriations Process Coming Up
Congress is set to move into the next stage of its annual budget process, the writing of the spending bills …More
More Scrutiny of Agency Performance, Too
Passage of the Voinovich plan would in effect begin a test of whether agencies are capable of producing ratings that …More
Tighter Rules on Appraisals Proposed
The chairman of the Senate federal workforce subcommittee, George Voinovich, R-Ohio, has said he will propose legislation to strengthen the …More
I Fund Leads TSP Returns
The international stock (I) fund led the TSP’s returns in April, posting a 4.83 percent gain for the month for …More
New TSP Fund Bill Debated Again
The House federal workforce subcommittee has held another hearing on a bill, HR-1578, to add a real estate investment trust …More
Other Benefits Bills Introduced
Among bills recently introduced in Congress are: S-2600, by Sen. John Warner, R-Va., which would allow agencies other than DoD …More
Extended Use of HSAs Proposed
Legislation has been introduced in the Senate (S-2601) to allow participants in health savings accounts to create or continue such …More
High Court Hears FEHB Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments in one of the rare federal benefit cases it takes up, in this …More
