Timing Uncertain on DoD Bill
The Defense Department authorization bill containing the proposed personnel reforms there might come out of its conference before Congress takes …More
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President Bush has signed into law legislation (HR-658) allowing the Securities and Exchange Commission to use streamlined hiring authority for …More
Complaints About New System Continue
With the new TSP computer system now operating for a month, numerous-and in some cases vehement–complaints continue to come from …More
Timing Issues Could be Tricky
Although some investors apparently plan to make catch-up contributions out of only a few pays, others apparently intend to spread …More
Catch-Up Contributions Start
The Thrift Savings Plan has made available a new form, called the TSP-1-C, through which actively employed investors age 50 …More
GAO’s Views on Pay-for-Performance
The General Accounting Office, in response to a series of questions from the House civil service subcommittee chairwoman Rep. Jo …More
Performance Fund Also on Table
The appropriations bill also could become the vehicle for creating the proposed $500 million fund to reward high-performing employees. The …More
Spending Bills Start to Stir
Congressional leaders hope to move within the next several weeks most or all of the annual appropriations bills that are …More
Premium Conversion Arguments Raised
The House civil service subcommittee has held a hearing to examine whether federal retirees should be included in the “premium …More
Measure Would Shield Retiree Drug Benefits
The House has passed legislation (HR-2631) aimed at guaranteeing that federal retirees would not suffer a reduction in their prescription …More
Substantial Money at Stake
While pay for exposure to asbestos affects only a limited number of federal employees, a Congressional Budget Office analysis of …More
Measure Sets One Standard for Asbestos Exposure
Language in the House-passed DoD authorization measure for fiscal 2004 (HR-1588), now pending in a conference with the Senate, that …More
One More Time on Expectations
Another large misconception involves the size of the payouts. Many employees have been following the case closely for the past …More
One More Time on Special Rate Eligibility
Even though the special rate back pay case has been pending so long-or possibly because of that delay-there remains much …More
Telework Questions Answered
The Office of Personnel Management recently published a guide to teleworking in the federal government, the latest in a series …More
Stock Funds Continue Rise
The stock-oriented Thrift Savings Plan funds continued their winning streak in June, with the common stock (C) fund rising 1.2 …More
Guidance on Dependent Care Accounts Sent
The Office of Personnel Management has sent agencies guidance on how the dependent care accounts will relate to the child …More
Little Chance to Change Mind, Either
Opportunities to change FSA coverage levels also are limited, OPM said, unless the enrollee or the contractor made an error …More
Belated FSA Enrollments Limited
Although actual enrollments in the flexible spending account program were accepted only for two weeks before the open season ended …More
Locality Pay Does Make a Difference
Although the GS locality pay program has never been funded to the extent originally envisioned-under the enacting law, the indicated …More
Changes Not Automatic, But May Come
However, the changes to the standard metropolitan zones will not automatically mean changes in the GS locality system, under a …More
Key Geographic Measures Changed
The Office of Management and Budget has expanded and revised its listing of the metropolitan statistical boundary lines used for …More
Reform Would Come at a Cost
However, the SES pay provisions would end eligibility of SES members for locality pay. While not required, SES members have …More
SES Pay Reforms Moving
A provision of the House-passed Defense Department authorization bill (HR-1588) regarding pay-setting for senior executive service members generally reflects a …More
Several Bills Advance
Among bills advancing recently in Congress are: S-841, passed by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, to give employees under the …More
SEC Hiring Improvements Move
Congress has passed and sent to the White House legislation (HR-658) allowing the Securities and Exchange Commission to use “excepted …More
Closer Look at Hiring Authorities
For a closer look at the “category ranking” rules, as well as new rules allowing direct hiring when agencies have …More
New Hiring Rules Keep Vet Preference
The same OPM rules also allow-but don’t require-agencies to use a “category ranking” system rather than the traditional “rule of …More
Revised Degree Policy Has Strings Attached
Interim rules published recently by the Office of Personnel Management on paying or reimbursing employees for the cost of academic …More
Direct Hiring Authority Granted to Some
The Office of Personnel Management, in the first grant of authority under the new “direct hire” program, has allowed agencies …More
