MSPB Says It Will Not Hear Appeals of Conversions to Schedule Policy/Career
The MSPB revoked its own authority to hear appeals from employees to be converted from the competitive service to the …More
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Only Partial Payday Coming Up for Most DHS Employees
Most employees of DHS will experience only a partial pay distribution in the days ahead, with still no resolution of …More
OPM Directs Agencies to Proceed with Repudiating Union Contracts; Revises Memo to Reflect Court Battles
UPDATED: OPM directed federal agencies to move forward with canceling collective bargaining agreements called for in two executive orders issued last …More
New Request Made to Boost Fertility Coverage Benefits in FEHB / PSHB
Two congressional Democrats active in civil service issues have asked OPM to require FEHB/PSHB carriers to expand fertility coverage benefits, …More
COLA Count at Just 0.2 Percent; FECA Beneficiaries to Receive 2.6 Percent Boost in April
The count toward the January 2027 federal retirement COLA stands at 0.2 percent through five months of the counting period …More
OPM Outlines Next Steps in Carrying Out Trump Orders against Unions
OPM’s directive telling agencies to get on with carrying out two 2025 executive orders broadly canceling union representation rights across …More
Agencies ‘May Revisit and Reassess’ Offsite Work Allowed as an Accommodation, Says OPM
OPM has told agencies that they “may revisit and reassess telework accommodations that have been granted in the past” due …More
Hill Democrats Back 4.1 Percent 2027 Federal Employee Raise
A group of House and Senate Democrats has introduced bills (HR-7480, S-3823) calling for a 4.1 percent raise to be …More
Schedule P/C in Your Future? Here’s What’s Coming
For competitive service federal employees who are to be moved into the excepted service under Schedule Policy/Career, the main impact …More
RIFs Would be Appealed to OPM Rather than MSPB Under Proposed Rule
OPM has proposed to require that challenges to reductions in force be filed there, and not at the MSPB, in …More
‘Suitability’ – OPM Wants to Take Over Appeals, Cutting out MSPB
The OPM has proposed rules in which it would take over from the MSPB the consideration of appeals from federal …More
OPM Describes Next Steps for Agencies as Schedule P/C Takes Effect
OPM has laid out next steps for agencies to take on the conversion of an estimated 50,000 employees involved with …More
Final Rules Issued for New At-Will ‘Schedule Policy/Career’ that Could Affect 50K Positions
OPM has issued a final rule establishing the excepted service “Schedule Policy/Career” employment category—successor to the short-lived Schedule F of …More
House Committee Approves Higher Buyout Incentives
Updated: The House Oversight and Government Reform committee has passed a bill (HR-7256) to allow agencies to offer buyouts—also called voluntary …More
Full Year Funding Approved for All but DHS, Ending Partial Shutdown
The House narrowly approved – and the President signed – a $1.2 trillion spending package on Tuesday, ending a partial …More
Forced Distributions for All Coming for Current Ratings Cycle, Kupor Says
OPM plans to require government-wide forced distribution of performance ratings in the current (fiscal 2026) evaluation cycle, director Scott Kupor …More
Group of Senate Democrats Opposes Proposed Change in Probationers’ Appeal Rights
A group of a dozen Senate Democrats active in civil service issue has called on OPM to drop proposed rules …More
OPM Drops Proposal to Speed Up Health Coverage for Those Newly Eligible
OPM has dropped a Biden administration-era proposal to make coverage under the FEHB and PSHB programs effective sooner for federal …More
VEOA Rights Don’t Apply to VA Physician Positions, Says Court
A federal appeals court has said that Veterans Employment Opportunities Act rights do not apply to hiring of physicians in …More
TSP Funds Start 2026 with Continued Gains, Led by I Fund
The TSP stock-based funds in January picked up where they left off in 2025, posting gains of 5.94 percent for the …More
Higher Raise Extended to More Law Enforcement Categories; Controllers Might Benefit, Too
OPM has extended to additional categories of law enforcement personnel the higher raise—3.8 percent vs. the 1 percent for other federal …More
Average TSP Account Up about $20,000 in 2025; Roth Conversion Option Launching
The average balance for a TSP account holder under the FERS retirement system rose over 2025 from about $194,000 to …More
Staff Shortages Impacting Care, Benefits Functions at VA, Reports Say
Reports from Senate Democrats and from the inspector general’s office at the VA say that shortages of employees in many …More
Suit Asserting Errors, Privacy Act Violations in Layoffs at HHS Cleared to Proceed
A federal court has approved for trial a suit challenging the early 2025 RIF of some 10,000 HHS employees on …More
MSPB Addresses Pay, Leave Eligibility for Employees on Military Duty
Federal employees who are eligible for “Reservist differential pay” when serving on active military duty—which brings their often much lower …More
Another Report Criticizes DoD Oversight of Offsite Work through 2024
The DoD “did not know how many employees were working remotely and could not ensure that remote workers were receiving …More
What’s in a Name Change? For DoD, Up to $125 Million and Maybe Much More, Says Report
The CBO has put the cost of changing the name of the Defense Department to the Department of War as …More
DEA, FBI Senior Execs Lack MSPB Appeal Rights, Court Affirms
A federal appeals court has affirmed an MSPB ruling that senior executives of the DEA and FBI lack the right …More
Fragmented Hiring across DHS Leaves Components Competing with Each Other, IG Says
The inspector general’s office at DHS has named the fragmented hiring process there as one the department’s top management challenges, …More
Bills Proposed to Boost Bureau of Prisons Pay by 35%
Bipartisan bills have been offered in the Senate and House (S-3626 and HR-7033) to address what sponsors called “historic and …More
