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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOverview 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
L Fund Starting to Take Shape
The Thrift Savings Plan expects that the L (for lifecycle) fund that it plans to launch in mid-year will offer …More
COLA Count Drops in December
The consumer price index measure used for determining the January 2006 federal retiree cost-of-living adjustment dropped by 0.4 percentage points …More
Guidance Coming on Reservist Policy
The Defense Department
Social Security Panel a Key One
The Social Security subcommittee will play an important role in deliberations over reforming that program, which the Bush administration has …More
Changes Ahead in House Panels
Although the House is still not fully organized for the new Congress, one change already announced is that Rep. Clay …More
Roster for Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Set
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Check That Leave and Earnings Statement
Several agencies are advising their employees to check their first leave and earnings statement of the calendar year to make …More
Special Hiring Authority Changes Coming
The Office of Personnel Management has proposed changes in a special hiring authority that allows agencies to use
