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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersFollow-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
Vision-Dental Bill Gains Final Passage
The House has cleared for President Bush
Stopgap Pay Order Issued
Because the spending bill was not finalized by the end of November, President Bush issued a letter to Congress announcing …More
3.5 Percent Raise Sent to White House
Congress returned to work this week for a wrap-up session that included finalizing a catchall spending bill for the rest …More
OPM Releases Civil Service Modernization Paper
The Office of Personnel Management has published a white paper on modernizing the civil service, tracing the changes that have …More
Gifts from Outside Sources Restricted
Generally speaking, an employee may not solicit or accept a gift given because of his official position or from a …More
Pay Comparison Ordered
The measure also includes new language requiring the Office of Personnel Management to conduct a study, to be delivered by …More
Familiar Provisions in Spending Bill
The catchall spending bill for fiscal 2005 also contains several provisions that for many years have been part of the …More
Performance Fund Zeroed Out
The final version of the spending measure also denies any funding for the
Some Decisions Still to Come on Raise
It could still be several weeks before the precise January 2005 general schedule raise amounts are announced, even following approval …More
FSA Opportunity Ending, Too
Concurrent with the end of the FEHB open season is the end of the open season for electing flexible spending …More
COLA Count Starts with Jump
After the first month of the counting period toward the January 2006 federal retirement cost-of-living adjustment, retirees have banked 0.8 …More
Congress Clears Reforms for VA Doctors, Nurses
Congress has cleared for President Bush
