Senate Bill Seeks Boost in Border, Port Staffing
A newly offered Senate bill (S-1757) would increase the number of Border Patrol agents, Custom and Border Protection officers at …More
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COLA Count Slips Slightly
The inflation index used to determine the January 2018 federal retiree COLA fell by 0.1 percentage points in July, bringing …More
OSC Praises Bill to Aid Whistleblowers
The Office of Special Counsel has said that Senate passage of S-582, a reauthorization bill for the agency, is a …More
No Decisions Reached on Buyouts, Retirement Cuts, Raise
The Senate has joined the House in recessing without having directly addressed a number of important pocketbook issues for federal …More
Open Season on the Horizon, OPM Reminds Agencies
OPM has sent the first of a series of annual guidance to agencies on the yearly benefits open season, which …More
Per Diem Rate Announcement Likely Coming Soon
GSA likely will soon announce the per diem rates for federal travelers to be effective for the fiscal year starting …More
More Whistleblower Protections Sought
A coalition of good-government and whistleblower advocacy groups is asking Congress and the administration to strengthen federal employee whistleblower protections, …More
ALJ Application Opportunity to Open Soon
OPM has said that it will soon conduct one of the rare opportunities for applying for administrative law judge positions, …More
Many Key Positions Remain Vacant
Around the 200 day mark of the Trump administration, a number of positions important to federal employees remain vacant with …More
Some Improvement Seen in Personnel Records Security
OPM “has improved its security posture and is in the process of taking numerous actions” since disclosures in 2015 that …More
House Opposes Trump on Base Closings, A-76
The House has taken positions opposite to that of the Trump administration on two key federal workforce issues, DoD base …More
House Recesses without Deciding on Proposed Retirement Benefit Cuts
The House has started a recess that will last through Labor Day—and the Senate soon will follow—without holding a floor …More
Senate to Leave Benefits, Buyout Issues on the Table
It’s now unlikely that the Senate will even begin the process of producing a budget blueprint as a companion to …More
Changes to VA Hiring, Pay, Career Development Policies Approved
Congress has sent to President Trump a bill (S-114) making a number of changes in hiring and other VA personnel …More
New TSP Executive Director Named; I Fund Leads in July
The TSP governing board has chosen as the new executive director of the program Ravindra Deo, who has filled that …More
