Nothing New on Missing Credit Card Tapes
The Defense Department, which has the most employees—both civilian and military—potentially affected by the loss of computer tapes containing personal …More
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The congressional appropriations committees have started preliminary work on the spending bills for the upcoming fiscal year that among other …More
Funding Switch Could Be Hang-Up
The Senate panel is holding hearings this week on the postal bill and if all goes according to plan will …More
Postal Reform Reintroduced in Senate
Legislation (S-662) to reform many U.S. Postal Service business practices—and some personnel practices—has been reintroduced by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, …More
Decision Pending on Blue-Collar Employee Pay at DoD
Defense Department officials say that they are continuing to study how to apply many of the provisions of the department’s …More
Leave Regs Issued
Interim rules issued in the March 21 Federal Register by the Office of Personnel Management carry out a change in …More
Breakdown by Agency Provided
Overall, the percentage of career SES members rated at the highest level (under three-, four- or five-level rating systems) was …More
Most SESers Rated Highly
About three-fourths of Senior Executive Service members received the highest rating available under their performance appraisal systems in fiscal 2003, …More
Four TSP Funds Struggle in March
All the Thrift Savings Plan funds were down in March except for the government securities (G) fund, which by definition …More
COLA Count Up
Through five months of the counting period toward the January 2006 retiree cost-of-living adjustment, retirees have banked 1.2 percent, following …More
Expert’s View: The Voluntary Contributions Program
If you are a CSRS or CSRS-Offset employee who doesn’t owe any deposits or redeposits to the retirement system, you …More
No Word Yet on Vision and Dental Plans
One change in health benefits coverage for employees, retirees and certain family members due in 2006 that is unrelated to …More
FEHB Call Letter Due Soon
The Office of Personnel Management is due to issue in the upcoming weeks its annual “call letter,” in which it …More
Concerns about Dual Track Also Raised
Also at the hearing, McPhie raised concerns that the expedited employee appeals system that DHS intends to use could force …More
‘Mitigation’ Provision Also Significant
McPhie also expressed concern about the limits the DHS rules impose on MSPB’s freedom to “mitigate,” or lessen, a penalty, …More
MSPB Reviews Changes in DHS Appeal Rules
The Merit Systems Protection Board has said that the new personnel appeals rules that the Department of Homeland Security is …More
Knowing Your (Schedule) ABCs
The Office of Personnel Management recently published, as part of a resource aimed primarily at agency hiring and management officials, …More
Wider Jurisdiction Also Proposed
The whistleblower measure would create a five-year pilot project of allowing appeals to go to circuit courts other than the …More
Broadened Whistleblower Protections Sought
Legislation (S-494) introduced in the Senate and backed by many of the members there most active in civil service issues …More
Another Try Coming on Speedier Matching Contributions
The House Government Reform Committee has said it will revisit a proposal that nearly cleared the last Congress as part …More
Other Funds on the Horizon?
Even as the L fund’s launch is being prepared, proposals are circulating on Capitol Hill to add one or more …More
L Fund Still in Development
The TSP continues to work, with the aid of a contractor, on developing the lifecycle, or L fund, which the …More
Last TSP Open Season Coming Up
Starting April 15 and running through June 30, the Thrift Savings Plan will conduct the last of its open seasons, …More
Larger Task Lies Ahead on Law Officer Systems
A report last year from the Office of Personnel Management highlighted the difficult task of sorting out the varying policies …More
Measure Would Broaden Law Officer Coverage
Legislation (HR-1002) introduced in the House by Reps. Bob Filner, D-Calif., and John McHugh, R-N.Y., once again seeks to expand …More
Base Closing Panel Filled Out
President Bush has filled out the Base Realignment and Closings commission, naming eight persons to join former Veterans Affairs secretary …More
Earnings Test Also Targeted
Shaw also proposed in his bill to eliminate the Social Security earnings test that reduces Social Security benefits by $1 …More
GPO Reform Offered in House
The Senate measure to eliminate the WEP and GPO is a counterpart to a bill (HR-147) introduced earlier in the …More
GPO, WEP Elimination Proposed in Senate
Legislation to eliminate two provisions of Social Security law that reduce Social Security benefits available to those who have mainly …More
Expert’s View: A Pair of Life Insurance Options
There are two features of the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) program about which you are probably unaware, writes …More
