Multi-Step Process Ahead
The Pentagon’s proposal will go to a specially created commission, which will examine the proposal over the course of the …More
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A proposed base closings list is due to be released by the Defense Department within days, setting off what will …More
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Get your complimentary Whitepaper. All agencies communicate with constituencies. These constituencies include individual citizens, businesses, other agencies, and even their …More
More Reports on Views, Compensation Coming
Meanwhile, OPM likely will announce soon the results of another poll, the “human capital survey” that it conducts every two …More
Employees Value Retirement, Insurance
Federal employees most highly value their retirement and health insurance benefits and generally think those benefits provide good value and …More
Budget Outline Passes
The House and Senate have given final approval to a budget outline for fiscal 2006 (H.Con.Res. 95) that unlike many …More
Some Rates Increase
Under the new law, the maximum special rate that may be authorized increased from the rate for level V of …More
Special Rate Policies Updated
The Office of Personnel Management has released guidance on carrying out several mostly housekeeping-type changes in policies for special rate …More
Action on Requests Could Come Soon
https://www.fedweek.com/content/hfi/index.php The DoD requests came later in the budget process than is usual, so Congress may have to act more …More
Other Authorities Also Requested
In its request to Congress, DoD also: asked for authority to hire non-competitively for internship and training purposes individuals who …More
Retirement, Contracting Proposals Made
The Pentagon also is seeking permission to authorize annuitants upon rehiring to receive both their full salary and their annuity …More
MSPB Review of Placement Program Would End
The DoD request also would end the Merit System Protection Board’s jurisdiction over DoD’s “priority placement program,” the main mechanism …More
DoD Seeks to Continue, Add Downsizing Authorities
The Defense Department has asked Congress to approve several changes in law that would continue and in some cases expand …More
COLA Count Up to 1.9 Percent
Halfway through the counting period toward the January 2006 retiree cost-of-living adjustment, retirees have banked 1.9 percent, following an increase …More
New Policy on Acquisition Employees
The Office of Management and Budget has released a new policy letter, No. 05-01, setting a new body of policies …More
GAO Not as Enthusiastic
Meanwhile, the Government Accountability Office, a major player in the civil service reform debate, testified at a separate hearing that …More
OPM Repeats Pitch for Government-Wide Reforms
The Office of Personnel Management has repeated the administration’s call for a government-wide civil service reform modeled along the lines …More
Options for Future Left Open
TSP officials left the door open for broadening the TSP fund offerings in the future, however, saying they were opposing …More
TSP Cool to REIT Fund Idea
Thrift Savings Plan officials as expected have resisted a congressional proposal to add a real estate investment trust index fund …More
Closer Look at Call Letter
The call letter also: encouraged carriers to work toward meeting an administration goal of having electronic health records available for …More
Vision and Dental Benefits Still a Year Off
The OPM call letter also said that OPM plans to begin in July 2006 the enhanced dental and vision benefits …More
Guidance Coming on Medicare Drug Benefits
The call letter also said that the government will not be participating in a subsidy program, designed mainly for private …More
FEHB Stability Planned for 2006
The Office of Personnel Management has indicated that the Federal Employees Health Benefits program coverage will undergo relatively little change …More
Effect of Existing Flexibilities to Be Examined
Meanwhile, the Senate federal workforce subcommittee plans hearings this week on the topic of government-wide personnel flexibilities—in particular focusing on …More
‘Meet and Confer’ Period Underway
The Pentagon this week started a “meet and confer” period with national union representatives, with the assistance of the Federal …More
DoD Gets an Earful on NSPS
The Defense Department says it received more than 56,000 comments during the comment period that recently ended on proposed rules …More
Senate Whistleblower Bill Advances
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has passed legislation that would broaden the types of disclosures of information …More
Explanation of Locality Pay Changes
The President’s Pay Agent recently released a report on the general schedule locality pay system for 2006 that, as announced …More
Proposal Raises Issues
TSP officials traditionally have been cool to the idea of adding funds that focus on particular markets—for example, a bill …More
Expanded TSP Options Considered
The House federal workforce subcommittee is holding hearings this week on a newly introduced bill (HR-1578) to authorize the Thrift …More
