Second Panel Endorses DoD Reforms
The House Armed Services Committee has approved many elements of the Defense Department’s proposed personnel reforms, incorporating them in the …More
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Certain enrollees in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program who are paying premiums through payroll withholding soon will be …More
Special Rules for Survivors
The distribution packages in the special rate settlement also are being sent to those in OPM records as survivor annuitants …More
Only Certain Aspects Can Be Challenged
NTEU says that while the information used to set the payment amounts was “derived from a reliable [Office of Personnel …More
Special Rate Challenges Could Add Years
Individuals in the special rate back pay settlement class wishing to contest the amount calculated as due to them under …More
Overview of ‘Human Capital Management’ Efforts
GAO, the agency that put the term “human capital crisis” in the civil service vocabulary, made its personnel observations in …More
More Use of Broadbanding Backed
GAO said that in the short term, Congress may wish to consider expanding the use of “broadbanding,” the practice of …More
Personnel Reforms Likely Needed, GAO Says
The debate over pay banding and other reforms at DoD follows the release of a recent General Accounting Office report …More
DoD Personnel Reforms Advance
A plan to overhaul many civilian personnel practices at the Defense Department, widely seen as setting precedent for other agencies …More
Some Agencies Likely Won’t Be Ready
Some federal agencies apparently won’t be ready by July 1 to start the payroll deductions from pay to fund FSA …More
Tax Advantage Stressed
Officials say that employees should bear in mind that even if they have to pay the fees to participate in …More
Funding Issue Blamed
Bush administration officials say that absent authority to divert Social Security payroll tax savings, charges are necessary because the government …More
FSA Fees Might Be Ended
The House Government Reform Committee has voted to end the administrative fees that are planned in the upcoming flexible spending …More
GPO, WEP Reform Plans Get Airing
Opponents of the “government pension offset” and “windfall elimination” provisions have argued their case before the House Social Security subcommittee, …More
Payments Likely to Come Late in Year
The letters going out to the members of the back pay class include descriptions of how the amount they are …More
Money Paid into Special Rate Fund
The government has made the required payment into a fund-with interest, reaching $178 million-under the settlement in the suit for …More
Fast-Track Slowed a Bit
The concerns raised about the DoD plan caused the measure to be slowed at least a bit and at least …More
DoD Personnel Reform Plan Draws Fire
Members of the House of both parties have expressed-in greater or lesser degree-opposition to the Defense Department’s plan to overhaul …More
Several Loan Policies Also Changing
The TSP’s new computer system will also bring several changes in how investors may take loans from the program. Under …More
Withdrawal Changes on Tap
The TSP also will be implementing several important changes to its withdrawal policies along with the new system. Of potentially …More
New TSP System Expected Next Month
Thrift Savings Plan officials have said they expect the TSP’s new computer system will be available in mid-June, culminating a …More
Closer Look at FSA Program
The OPM guidance to personnel offices also contains certain further details on issues relating to eligibility, permissible uses of the …More
Fees to Be Charged
The OPM message also announced that the carrier will charge fees to participating employees. It said that while private sector …More
Personnel Offices to Be Out of Loop
OPM’s announcement, made in a message to personnel offices, said those offices will play only a minimal role in the …More
FSA Open Season Set for May 19
The Office of Personnel Management has announced that it will hold an open season May 19-June 20 for the flexible …More
Stock Funds Have Good Month
The three Thrift Savings Plan funds based on stock market returns in April had their best month since last October, …More
COLA Count Up to 2.1
Halfway through the counting period toward the January 2004 retiree cost-of-living adjustment, the inflation index used to set the adjustment …More
Locality Pay Boundaries Issue Addressed
While the government later this year is expected to change the borders of many standard metropolitan statistical areas-the geographic zones …More
More than 300,000 Military Positions Could Be Converted
Meanwhile, officials have said that a parallel initiative to reassign uniformed military personnel to duties more military in nature could …More
Process Could Be a Long One
The DoD legislative package for civilian personnel policy is part of a larger overhaul of the department that the Pentagon …More
