TSP Schedule Could Be Announced
The Thrift Savings Plan’s governing board is set to meet next week and could then endorse a schedule for making …More
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The DoD proposal also raises the possibility of converting certain uniformed military positions to federal employee positions, in effect creating …More
Detailed Look at Proposal
For a detailed look at DoD’s proposals for its civilian employees, go to https://www.fedweek.com/HotFreeNews/default.asp in the hot free info section …More
Union Rights Could be Affected
The DoD proposal would include a “collaborative process, based on the model established in the Homeland Security Act, for ensuring …More
Key Features of Proposal
The key features of the DoD plan to create a for itself include: streamlined recruitment and candidate ranking; universal pay …More
DoD Proposes Sweeping Personnel Reforms
The Defense Department has sent to Congress a wide-ranging request for reforms in the way it recruits, develops, assesses, compensates, …More
Annuity Boost for Injured Workers Sought
Employees under the FERS retirement system who have breaks in service due to injuries or work-related illnesses would have their …More
Travel Reimbursement Guidance Issued
The General Services Administration recently issued on situations in which payment of a federal employee’s expenses from a non-federal source …More
Annual Premium Pay Cap Can Apply
OPM also reminded agencies that the head of an agency may apply an annual cap to certain types of premium …More
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
Candidate Development Program Announced
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
