Locality Boundaries Change Finalized
Effective with the federal pay raises to be paid in January, boundary lines for many of the general schedule locality …More
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The inflation index used to determine federal retiree cost-of-living adjustments increased by 0.2 percentage points in November, bringing the count …More
Special Rates Raise Ahead
The Office of Personnel Management has decided that information technology employees in special rate categories should receive the same across-the-board …More
Leave Year End Coming Up
The current federal annual leave year ends January 8. Generally, federal employees may carry over to the next leave year …More
Increases Not Due to Open Season
The increases in FEGLI rates for 2005 will be the last of the previously announced three-step set of increases that …More
FEGLI Rates Reminder
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance premiums for FEGLI enrollees at older ages will increase in January as part of a …More
Some Policies Not Changing
Those rules also will outline agency responsibilities to keep track of when government contributions for newly hired employees can begin. …More
TSP Rule Changes Coming
Recent passage of the legislation to end the employee open seasons in the TSP does not mean that immediately after …More
TSP Open Season Ending
The Thrift Savings Plan
Questions and Answers on Spiral One
For Defense Department questions and answers on spiral one, go to www.fedweek.com/HotFreeNews in the hot free info section of our …More
Rules Still to Come
In its announcement, DoD indicated that it expects to issue proposed rules on the NSPS
DoD Outlines First Phase of NSPS
The Defense Department has announced that the first phase of its new
VA Pay Bill Signed
President Bush has signed into law (P.L. 108-445) legislation to reform the pay-setting practices for doctors at the Department of …More
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Remember FSA Use or Lose Feature
Federal employees who are currently enrolled in flexible spending accounts for the 2004 plan year should remember that the plan …More
Follow-Up to TSP Open Season Bill Planned
In the wake of Congress passing legislation (HR-4324) to abolish the twice-yearly open seasons in the Thrift Savings Plan, the …More
Similar Situation in House
In the House, also due to term limit restrictions, Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., will have to give up the Appropriations …More
Stevens Leaving Appropriations Post
On the Senate side, Appropriations Committee chairman Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, will have to leave that post due to term limits; …More
Changes Coming on Key Committees
When Congress reconvenes in January it will do so with some new faces in committees important to federal employee and …More
Rumors on Raise Continue
Despite congressional passage of the raise measure and President Bush
Some Time Lag Before Cash Gets in Pocket
The GS raise will be effective with the first full pay period of January. In most cases, that is January …More
Pay Raise on the Way
President Bush has signed into law (P.L. 108-447) a catchall spending bill that contains a 3.5 percent average general schedule …More
NSPS to Apply to GS Employees First
The Defense Department has decided to apply its upcoming
Mileage Rate, Subsidy Rates Increasing
The reimbursement rate for federal employees using their own vehicles for official business could rise in January by three cents …More
SES Pay Regs Finalized
The Office of Personnel Management on December 6 issued final rules carrying out legislation enacted last year that in sum …More
Expert Views: What is Your Annuity Worth?
The federal retirement system offers a pretty good deal, writes benefits expert Reg Jones.
Matching Contributions Can Shut Off
If FERS investors hit the dollar cap before the last pay period, their contributions will shut off until 2006 and …More
Watch That TSP Dollar Cap
The increase in the percentage of salary limit in the Thrift Savings Plan in 2005 means that additional investors who …More
TSP Stock Funds Post Up Month
All three Thrift Savings Plan stock-oriented funds posted positive returns in November, with the small capitalization stock (S) fund leading …More
Some Other Changes Possible
The bill also sets the stage for some other changes in health benefits coverage. It orders OPM to report on …More
