Mix of Law Officer Benefits Found
Pay, retirement and other benefits for federal law enforcement officers vary greatly among agencies and among occupations, the Office of …More
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For many years the Transportation-Treasury bill has carried several standard provisions and there has been no indication so far that …More
Pay Issue Coming Up
Backers of parity between federal civilian and uniformed military pay are expected to offer an amendment to the Transportation-Treasury bill …More
Key Spending Bill Progresses
The House has started work on the key annual spending bill affecting federal employee pay and benefits, with the Transportation-Treasury …More
Overview of Vision-Dental Bill
Introduction of the Senate bill follows the recent House passage of a bill (HR-3751) that addresses the same issue but …More
FLTCIP Program Is the Model
In introducing her bill, Sen. Collins said modeled the system on the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program, in which …More
Vision-Dental Improvements Bill Offered
Legislation (S-2657) introduced in the Senate by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, would …More
Most Pass Probation, MSPB Finds
The large majority of federal employees who are hired successfully complete their probationary periods, the Merit Systems Protection Board has …More
Relocation Policies Under Review
Policies governing relocation reimbursement policies for federal employees will be reviewed by a special advisory committee of government and industry …More
GAO Reforms Signed into Law
President Bush has signed (PL 108-271) a measure setting in law a pay-for-performance system for the General Accounting Office-which is …More
Interior Department Also Targeted
Similarly, a House-passed appropriations bill covering the Interior Department and related agencies (HR-4568) would limit the funds that may be …More
Contracting Issues Arise at DHS, EEOC
Meanwhile on the contracting-out front, the House in passing an appropriations bill (HR-4751) covering the Commerce, Justice and State Departments …More
House Bill Allows Private Tax Collection
A House-passed tax reform bill (HR-4520) would allow the IRS to hire private collection agencies to pursue delinquent taxpayers, even …More
Customization, Other Issues Cited
The committee’s evaluation said the computer project was beset with problems including excessive customization, especially involving changes different from those …More
Senate Panel Raps TSP Computer Project
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, in a letter summarizing its investigation into the Thrift Savings Plan’s computer upgrade project, has …More
Final Rules Published on Early Out Authority
The Office of Personnel Management has published final rules carrying out government-wide early-out retirement authorities contained in the 2002 law …More
TSP Funds Have Positive Month
All five Thrift Savings Plan funds posted positive returns in June, with the international stock (I) fund leading the way …More
Report Could Hurt Chances on Performance Fund
The GAO report comes at a time when the Office of Personnel Management is still working to issue regulations to …More
SESers Take Dim View of Performance Management Systems
Only minorities-relative small minorities in some cases-of senior executive service members believe the performance management system used to rate them …More
GAO Raps DoD Performance in Drawdown
The reduction of Defense Department civilian employees between 1989 and 2002 was done “without proactively shaping the civilian workforce to …More
Benefits in RIFs, By John Grobe
A reader asked what would happen to our government benefits and seniority if we found ourselves out of federal employment …More
Variations by Agencies Exist
OPM found some agencies that have especially low rates of eligible employees who actually telework, including the State and Veterans …More
Some Teleworkers ‘Situational’
Some 750,000 federal employees are now deemed by their agencies to be eligible to telework, an increase of 125,000 over …More
Attention to Telework Increasing
The House Government Reform Committee plans hearings this week on telecommuting in the federal government, the latest in a series …More
Temporary Funding a Common Maneuver
If spending bills aren’t finished by the election, Congress most likely would resort to the often-used step of passing one …More
DoD Bill Also Could Be Stalled
Another bill that might not see resolution until after the elections, officials say, is the fiscal 2005 Defense Department authorization …More
Lame Duck Session May Be Ahead
The amount of work left to do, and the short amount of legislative working time available already has many on …More
Scramble Coming on Spending Bills
With just three working weeks left before recessing until early September, Congress is hoping to act soon on key spending …More
Other Provisions Included
The provision of the bill allowing compensatory time off for travel outside normal duty hours would change current policy that …More
