Reminder Issued on Premium Pay
The Office of Personnel Management has sent agencies a reminder about certain special rules regarding premium pay for civilian employees …More
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Meanwhile, the Office of Personnel Management has announced a SES candidate development program designed to assist minorities, women and people …More
Appointment Authority Also Would be Broadened
The SES reform bills also seek to loosen the rules on “limited term and limited emergency” appointments into the SES, …More
Reforms in SES Would Be Broad
Bills recently introduced in Congress (HR-1602 and S-768) carry the potential for significant changes in pay policies for senior executive …More
Benefit-Cutting Threat Eased
During the House-Senate conference on the budget resolution, members dropped House language that would have specified cuts from programs under …More
Pay Parity Passes Key Test
The House and Senate have approved a budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year (H.Con.Res. 95) that contains language stating …More
Procedures for Others Described
In addition, after the distribution packages are mailed out, survivors of deceased class members as well as those not in …More
Period to Submit Claims or Challenges Coming
After the distribution packages are sent out, individuals will have six months to either file a claim or to file …More
Relief for Activated Reservists Sought
Legislation being offered in the Senate by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., would assure that federal employees who are activated into …More
House Civil Service Reform Bill Offered
Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-Va., head of the House civil service subcommittee, has offered legislation (HR-1601) that is a counterpart …More
Concern About Benefit Cuts Raised
The head of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has voiced concern that budget language crafted in the House “would likely …More
Other Issues Addressed
The OPM guidance also addresses several tax issues relating to the accounts, noting that the dependent care account annual maximum …More
FSA Enrollment Period Upcoming
With the initial open season for executive branch employees to join the new flexible spending account program just ahead, the …More
Catch-Ups Coming, But Other Changes Still Uncertain
The TSP earlier this year announced that under legislation passed last year, it will begin allowing investors age 50 and …More
C Fund Scrapes Out Gain
The Thrift Savings Plan’s common stock (C) fund gained 0.97 percent in March, its first gaining month of the calendar …More
Guidance on Pay Raise Released
The Office of Personnel Management has issued several pieces of guidance on the effect of the retroactive boost to the …More
How the Fund Would Work
During their testimony on the performance fund, Office of Personnel Management officials provided some further details of the “human capital …More
GAO Also Raises Issues
In what could be an important development in the pay-for-performance debate, the General Accounting Office has issued a report saying …More
Performance Fund Gets Skeptical Greeting
Members of Congress of both parties have reacted with skepticism to the administration’s proposal to create a $500 million fund …More
Subcommittee Also to Carry Heavy Load
The Government Reform panel’s civil service subcommittee meanwhile laid out its own oversight plans, which it said may include, among …More
Committee Plans Ambitious Agenda
The House Government Reform Committee has laid out an ambitious agenda for itself in the current Congress under the leadership …More
Senate Panel Membership Finalized
The Senate Governmental Affairs has finalized the membership of its newly restructured subcommittee that will handle federal employment and retirement …More
Guidance on Active Military Duty Issued
With increasing numbers of Reserve and Guard members being called to active service, the Office of Personnel Management recently issued …More
Child Care Subsidy Policy Expanded
Agency authority to pay subsidies to their lower-income employees for child care costs has been expanded somewhat, under interim rules …More
Special Considerations for Teleworkers
The OPM guidance says that for an employee who teleworks from an alternate worksite, an agency may designate the employee’s …More
OPM Sets Guidance on Official Duty Station
The Office of Personnel Management has issued a new policy statement on employees’ official duty stations, which determine their location-based …More
Most Found Satisfied with Pay
A federal employee survey conducted by the Office of Personnel Management has found that nearly 64 percent are satisfied with …More
Payment of Increase Likely to Vary
Meanwhile, it appears that there could be substantial variation by agency regarding when employees receive the locality pay boost. Payment …More
Most Special Raters Won’t Get More, Though
One group of employees for whom the locality pay add-on won’t make a difference in most cases is the “special …More
Locality Rate Add-On Applies Widely
Guidance issued by the Office of Personnel Management on the retroactive general schedule locality pay increase granted recently notes that …More
