Call Letter Opens Door for Added FEHB Benefits
OPM has opened the door for FEHB carriers to propose new benefits that are not offset by cost reductions in …More
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House Signals New Direction on Workplace Policies
The impact of the change of the House to Democratic control is starting to show in the budget process where …More
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Recent Government Shutdown A Wake-Up Call for All U.S. Workers
A few days after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended, a Prudential Financial survey of federal employees exposed …More
Disputes over Union, Disciplinary Policies Return to Surface
After largely lying dormant since last fall, disputes have revived over key federal workplace policies involving disciplinary policies and the …More
Hopes Grow that Pay Period Seven Will Be Lucky for Raise
Federal employees for the moment are in something of a lull in the storm over the pay raise, with attention …More
Reminder: COLAs, Pay Raises Different
A number of federal retirees have been asking about how the federal pay raise will affect them, again illustrating a …More
TSA, Benefits Protection Bills Introduced
Among bills recently introduced in Congress are two measures addressing benefits issues that arose during the recent partial government shutdown. …More
GAO Continues Push on Pay, Performance Recommendations
GAO has called attention to unresolved recommendations government-wide that it considers high priority, including recommendations that OPM: * track whether …More
On Raise, Back Pay, It’s Hurry Up and Wait Some More
After waiting six weeks for an executive order to carry out the 1.9 percent average pay raise, more waiting now …More
Biggest Raises Concentrated in Already Highest-Paid Localities
Some federal employees have been wondering why the metropolitan areas that already are among the highest-paid GS localities stand to …More
Payment of Back Pay Brings Complications
Payment of back pay following a retroactive raise for federal employees involves a number of complications related to benefits. According …More
TSP: S&P and Bond Funds Lead in March, I Fund Looking Cheap
The common stock C and bond F funds posted gains of nearly 2 percent in March—1.95 and 1.93 percent, respectively—while …More
Budget Plan Assuming Higher Retirement Contributions Advances
The Senate Budget Committee has approved a budget plan that assumes an increase in required retirement contributions for most federal …More
Few Claims Filed for Post-Data Breach Services
In the more than three years since the government started offering identity protection services and identity theft insurance to those …More
Rotation Program Seen as Step toward Single Cyber Workforce
A proposed new program for rotation of cybersecurity employees among agencies would be a step toward creating a government-wide cadre …More