Buyout Policy Finalized
The Office of Personnel Management on January 27 issued rules in the Federal Register explaining how an agency requests authority …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersExpert’s View: How to Handle Problems with OPM
By and large the Office of Personnel Management case processing system works, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. “However, depending on …More
OPM Believes ‘Tipping Point’ Reached
Acting Office of Personnel Management director Dan Blair said at a briefing that it will be “hard to overestimate the …More
A Wait, then a Phase-In
The DoD rules will not be effective for at least three months, following a comment period, a period of required …More
Union Rights Also Restricted
The proposed rules, like similar final rules recently unveiled by the Department of Homeland Security, expands non-negotiable management rights to …More
Appeals Rights Changing
The new DoD personnel system also will change appeal rights for employees as they are phased into the new system. …More
DoD Announces Pay, Other Reforms
The Defense Department has published proposed rules (in the February 14 Federal Register) to carry out its “national security personnel …More
Subcommittee Chairman Named
Rep. Jon C. Porter, R-Nev., has been named head of the civil service subcommittee of the House Government Reform Committee, …More
Employees Win at High Rate
Meanwhile, the percentage of competitions won by the in-house side rise slightly from 89 to 91 percent between 2003 and …More
Number of Jobs Up for Bid Decreases
Despite a major effort from the White House promoting its “competitive sourcing” initiative, federal agencies in fiscal 2004 completed significantly …More
Overview of DHS Rules
While the new rules themselves are very lengthy, DHS has issued a document highlighting key changes under the new system, …More
New Internal Groups to Be Formed
DHS also has to establish three separate internal working bodies that will carry out key parts of the policy changes: …More
New DHS Rules Are Just a Start
The Department of Homeland Security has formally published, in the February 1 Federal Register, new personnel rules whose general contents …More
Expert’s View: Deciding Whether to Choose a Survivor Benefit
www.fedweek.com/content If you are a married federal employee planning to retire soon, you have an important decision to make, writes …More
Stock Funds Stumble Out of Gate
All three stock-oriented funds suffered losses in their first monthly returns of 2005, with the small and mid-size stock S …More
More Mileage Rates Increased
Federal employees using their own vehicles while driving for official business will be reimbursed effective Feb. 4 at 30.5 cents …More
Wider Reforms Sought, But No Performance Fund
The White House budget does seek any funding for the “human capital performance fund,” which Congress authorized in late 2003 …More
Budget: 2.3 Percent Raise, No Benefit Cuts
President Bush’s fiscal 2006 budget proposal seeks a 2.3 percent federal raise in January 2006, continuing a pattern of White …More
MSPB Looks at Automated Hiring
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently published a study of the use of automated hiring systems, which many agencies are …More
BRAC List on the Street
According to a knowledgeable official who spoke to FEDweek’s sister publication Armed Forces News on grounds of anonymity, as of …More
Base Closings Cost Nearly 130,000 Jobs
The four rounds of base closings and realignments that the Defense Department conducted from 1988-1995 resulted in the loss of …More
Keep an Eye on Retirement, FEHB
Suggestions that the administration’s desire to limit the federal deficit by looking at both entitlement and discretionary spending has caused …More
Budget Day Approaches
Although Congress has been working sporadically since the start of the year, the legislative year is set to begin in …More
Rest of Government Could Follow
Meanwhile, the Bush administration wants to allow other agencies to revise their own personnel systems based on the DHS model. …More
Appeal, Union Rights Also at Stake
The new rules also as expected restrict the scope of bargaining allowable at DHS, for example by barring negotiations over …More
DHS Personnel Rules Set
The Department of Homeland Security has finalized new personnel rules governing pay, job classification, union rights and appeal rights that …More
Travel Comp Time Rules Published
Interim rules effective January 28 carry out legislation enacted last year authorizing federal employees to get compensatory time off for …More
Breakdown of Workforce
A recent Office of Personnel Management report breaks down the federal workforce by geography, pay system and other factors, noting …More
Reforms a Key Concern
The MSPB survey is designed to track specific merit system indicators over time and to evaluate how changes in personnel …More
Workforce Survey Coming
The Merit Systems Protection Board soon will conduct the latest in its series of
