Key DoD Measures Advance
The House has passed its version — and the Senate is nearly ready to pass its own version — of …More
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The House civil service subcommittee plans to soon vote on a bill (HR-1601) that among other things would improve the …More
COLA Count Creeps Up
Through seven months of the counting period to determine the January 2005 federal retiree cost-of-living adjustment, retirees have banked 1.8 …More
Closure Commission Recommended
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee is considering a bill (S-1668) that would create a special process modeled on Defense Department …More
Large Backlog of Pending Clearances
The GAO report (GAO-04-202T) said that as of March 31, there was a backlog in the Defense Security Service of …More
Pressure Rises on Security Clearance Issuance
Following congressional hearings and the release of a General Accounting Office report on the persistence of the backlog in security …More
EEOC Issues Instructions to Agencies
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued instructions to federal agencies on complying with its recently issued “management directive 715” …More
Postal Reform Ideas Moving
The House Government Reform Committee has approved a postal reform bill (HR-4341) that generally rejects proposals from a presidential commission …More
FEDweek Columnist Wins Award
FEDweek “Experts’ View” columnist Reg Jones has been awarded the 2004 Bun B. Bray, Jr. Award presented by the Council …More
Key Bill Up for Floor Votes
Both the House and Senate plan floor votes this week on their versions of the Defense Department authorization bill for …More
FSA Participation Picking Up
The current use-or-lose feature of FSAs is considered a major disincentive against opening such accounts; sponsors of the bill argued …More
FSA Benefit Improvement Advances
The House has passed, as part of a larger tax bill (HR-4279), language to improve flexible spending account benefits for …More
Postal Reform Measure Offered
A “discussion draft” of a measure to make substantial reforms in the way the U.S. Postal Service conducts its business …More
GAO’s Comments on DHS System
Comptroller General David Walker, the head of the General Accounting Office, recently submitted answers to follow-up questions raised after recent …More
Base Closing Fight Ahead
In a move that could be the first stage of protracted wrangling over closing Defense Department bases, a House Armed …More
Formal Rules Will Be Issued
While there was thought that DoD might carry out the remaining elements of its new system through guidance, it has …More
DoD Plans ‘Full Partnership’ With OPM
In its recent decision to slow down its earlier timetable for carrying out a new “national security personnel system” for …More
DoD Sets New Structure for Personnel Reforms
The Defense Department has created a new “program executive office” to design and implement its new “national security personnel system,” …More
Vision-Dental Bill Cost Estimated
A bill (HR-3751) to require a study of current dental, vision and hearing benefits under the Federal Employees Health Benefits …More
Retirement Alert for Feds
A key provision of the new Medicare prescription drug law and a recent ruling by a federal commission threaten your …More
Performance Funding Also to Be Decided
The Transportation-Treasury bill also will have to address-or ignore-the White House’s request for funding for pay-for-performance for federal employees. The …More
Spending Measure Decisions Ahead
To date, congressional appropriators have held off moving the spending bills that will be needed to fund federal agencies in …More
Raise Language Remains Pending
A measure that likely will serve as the indicator for the January 2005 federal pay raise has been stuck in …More
Four of Five Funds Fall
All of the Thrift Savings Plan investment funds except the government securities (G) fund dropped in April, with the small …More
Some Applications, Claims Denied
Forte said that the approval rate for “underwritten” applications is 85 percent, which he said is in line with industry …More
LTC Program Is Largest of Its Type
The Federal Long Term Care Insurance program, with about 200,000 enrollees since being launched two years ago, is the largest …More
Overview of Reform Bill
A measure recently passed by the Senate (S-129) could be the major civil service reform bill to move through Congress …More
Retroactive Pay Affects Benefits
The retroactive payment is considered regular basic pay, subject to the same tax and other policies typically applying to basic …More
Retroactive Raise Still on Way for Some
Employees of many agencies report that they still haven’t received the retroactive raise authorized in late January when President Bush …More
Personnel Actions May Follow
OPM also told agencies that it will monitor their responses in cases where such abuses have been found and where …More
