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
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The OMB document also provides guidance to agencies for taking disciplinary action on grounds of misusing the cards or problems …More
Credit Checks to Be Required for New Cards
The draft OMB guidance, which likely will be issued as a new circular or as a change to a prior …More
Guidance on Charge Cards Drafted
The Office of Management and Budget has drafted guidance on improving the management of government charge cards, which have been …More
No Indication Yet on Pay Raise
Both the House and Senate have passed what amount to first cuts on the fiscal 2006 federal budget (H.Con.Res. 95 …More
Process Takes Years to Unwind
Although a decision on this year’s base closing package presumably will be made in the fall, the actual closing and …More
Lobbying Already Under Way
Meanwhile, a group of House members interested in the operations of military depots—in many cases, because their districts include such …More
Base Closings Process Gearing Up
The naming of members of the 2005 Defense Department base closings commission is just the first step in what promises …More
Expert’s View: Health Benefits Claims Disputes
Disputes over coverage under federal health insurance can be frustrating, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. “Fortunately, there is a procedure …More
What Counts, What Doesn’t
Under the rules while allowable time includes not only traveling time but also the “usual waiting time” that precedes or …More
Check the Fine Print on Comp Time Policy
Under the government’s new policy allowing compensatory time off for time spent traveling on official business in off-duty hours, employees …More
Senate Panel Signals Caution on Wider Reforms
In her letter, Collins wrote that while the White House budget calls for the personnel flexibilities recently granted to the …More
House Committee Outlines Other Positions
The House committee also said it: will consider legislation that would allow federal agencies to repay student loan debt for …More
Senate Panel’s Views
Similarly, in a companion document, the Senate committee’s chair, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, wrote that “providing equitable pay raises for …More
Key Panels Support Pay Parity
Meanwhile, the two committees with primary jurisdiction over federal employee matters—in the House, Government Reform, and in the Senate, Homeland …More
First Cut at Budget Silent on Pay Raise
The House and Senate budget committees have produced first drafts of the fiscal 2006 federal budget setting general tax and …More
Suggestions from DoD
Meanwhile, the Defense Department—which employs most of the affected cardholders—has told employees that it would be “prudent” for them to …More
Bank Sending Notice Letters
BoA has been sending out letters to affected cardholders stating that it will monitor those accounts for any “unusual activity,” …More
Charge Card Issue Reverberates
The recent loss of computer tapes containing account information on federal employees who hold government-issued charge cards has led the …More
Expert Views: Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
Under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program, you receive accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage at no additional cost., …More
Four of Five Funds Favorable
The Thrift Savings Plan’s bond (F) fund suffered a 0.57 percent drop in February but returns for the other four …More
Budget Looks at OPM
President Bush’s fiscal 2006 budget proposal discusses the Office of Personnel Management’s recent operations and its plans for the agency …More
Bill Could Be Tough Sell Again
Davis’s sponsorship of the premium conversion bill is significant since he chairs the House Government Reform Committee, the measure’s first …More
Another Try on Retiree Premium Conversion
Legislation (HR-994) to make federal retirees eligible for paying Federal Employees Health Benefits program premiums with pre-tax money has again …More
Go-Slow Approach Emphasized
At the hearing, a DHS representative also emphasized that the process would be a slow one, even though the rules …More
GAO Sees Much Still to Be Done
Also, at the hearing, Comptroller General David Walker, whose views count heavily in civil service reform debates, emphasized the extent …More
Wider Civil Service Reform Idea Idles
To date the Bush administration appears to have gained little discernable traction on Capitol Hill for its idea to expand …More
Card Security Breach Reported
The Bank of America has announced that computer data tapes containing federal charge card program customer and account information have …More
Payment Delinquencies Also an Issue
The Army policy reminder says that delinquency in payments—another issue that has arisen at various agencies in regard to the …More
Variety of Possible Punishments for Misusing Cards
Charges of travel card misuse can fall under failure to follow written instructions, conduct unbecoming a federal employee, or misuse …More
