Authority Exceeded, Unions Argue.
While the unions have raised many similar objections to the DHS plans in the past, they had taken a somewhat …More
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Federal unions representing Department of Homeland Security employees have objected formally to practically every element of the department’s proposed new …More
COLA Count Up in February
The consumer price index measure used to set federal retirement cost-of-living adjustments rose 0.6 percent in February, meaning that through …More
Pay Cap, FEHB Bills Advance
The House civil service subcommittee has approved HR-3751, a bill to require the Office of Personnel Management to produce a …More
Maneuver Seeks to Free GPO Bill
Sponsors of a measure (HR-594) to eliminate the government pension offset reduction are working on a legislative maneuver to move …More
Testimony of TSP Officials
Top officials of the Thrift Savings Plan recently testified before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee in a rare hearing involving …More
Lifestyle versus Lifecycle Funds
One type of fund under consideration would be a lifestyle fund, in which the investor would decide a preferred level …More
New TSP Fund Idea Moves Ahead
The Thrift Savings Plan governing board is continuing to push ahead with the idea of adding a new fund or …More
Retroactive Pay Coming, DoD Says
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service, which acts as the payroll agent for nearly half the executive branch workforce, has …More
DoD Seeks More Personnel Authorities
The Defense Department has sent Congress its annual wish list of new civilian personnel authorities, a list that is considerably …More
‘Reconciliation’ May Be Ordered
Under the House budget measure as drafted, a process known as “reconciliation” would again be used, in which reconciliation, individual …More
Pay Parity Effort Suffers Setback
This year’s version of the annual effort to bring the upcoming year’s federal raise up to the level slated for …More
2005 Pay Raise Advances in Senate
The Senate has passed a budget outline for fiscal 2005 that contains “sense of the Senate” language that federal employees …More
Social Security Measure Signed
President Bush has signed into law (PL 108-203) a Social Security reform measure that while not directly affecting federal retirees …More
Law Judge Raise Opposed
The Bush administration has said it opposes a bill under, HR-3737, which would raise the pay caps for administrative law …More
Pay Raises on Tap for Some Fed Fire Fighters
Some 2,500 federal fire fighters in grades GS-5 through 7 can expect salary increases due to a revision in the …More
Guidance on Special Hiring Authority Issued
Meanwhile, DoD has issued guidance on its newly created authority to hire “highly qualified experts” in critical occupations for up …More
Summary of Union-DoD Meetings
The Defense Department recently held several days of meeting with unions representing DoD employees concerned with the draft labor-management relations …More
Allotment Procedures Also Would Be Changed
The DoD plan also would make some changes involving the collection of union dues, which although they are a matter …More
Fees Proposed for Those Not Paying Dues
One element of the recently drafted Defense Department labor-management changes touching a union hot button involves dues and fees for …More
Reassignments, Promotions Also Affected
The new DoD system also will feature some revisions in how employees are reassigned and promoted, according to the briefing …More
Better Glimpse of DoD System Offered
An internal Defense Department briefing document provides a glimpse of how the pay banding and pay for performance elements of …More
Budget Heavy-Hitters Headline Spring Symposium
NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe and highly regarded commentator on all things federal budget Stan Collendar are headlining the American Association …More
Diploma Mill Issue Grinds On
Questions about whether federal employees are benefiting from claiming credit for academic degrees from non-accredited or illegitimate providers, an issue …More
Interchange Program Rules Issued
The Office of Personnel Management has issued rules to carry out a 2002 law allowing an interchange program of information …More
Asbestos Exposure Policy Reminder
A provision of the Defense Department budget measure for the current fiscal year ordered use of one standard for asbestos …More
Public Service Caucus Formed
A new coalition has been formed of members of Congress interested in civil service issues called the Congressional Public Service …More
G Fund Popular Among TSP Investors
As of the end of 2003, a third of investors under the FERS system and a quarter of those under …More
S Fund Continues to Lead TSP
The small and mid-capitalization company stock (S) fund continues to lead the Thrift Savings Plan in returns, posting a 1.78 …More
Senate Panel Backs 3.5 Percent 2005 Raise
The Senate Budget Committee has approved language that effectively amounts to endorsing a 3.5 percent January 2005 federal raise. The …More
