For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 18, 2003
To All Federal Employees and Retirees ELDERCARE: PROTECTING YOUR AGING PARENTS’ ASSETS AND PRESERVING YOUR OWN INHERITANCE-JUST PUBLISHED FOR 2003! …More
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In a change that could increase the chances of civil service reforms being enacted in the current Congress, the Senate …More
Key House Panels Revamped
Because of the creation of the Homeland Security Department, the House Appropriations Committee has realigned its subcommittees in a way …More
Other Reforms Proposed
In addition to the personnel flexibilities, Defense officials have said they will: seek a one-time reorganization of the department under …More
DoD to Seek Personnel Reforms
Defense Department officials have said the Pentagon will seek separate authority over many personnel practices, bidding to create what they …More
Debt Ceiling Exercise Could Be Repeated
With the government expected to run up against its debt ceiling again soon, it appears likely that the Treasury Department …More
TSP’s Guidance on Catch-Up Investing
For a closer look at the TSP Board’s guidance on how the program will operate, go to https://www.fedweek.com/HotFreeNews/default.asp in the …More
Eligibility Rules Set
Under the TSP’s guidance, in order to be eligible a participant: must be in pay status; must be contributing either …More
TSP Outlines Catch-Up Policies
The Thrift Savings Plan has issued guidance to carry out a law enacted last year allowing participants age 50 and …More
Contracting Restrictions Weakened
In other action on the wrap-up budget bill, Congress weakened a provision drafted last year to restrict the Bush administration’s …More
Boost Comes at a Cost
While the annual federal pay raise battle commonly is a long and hard-fought one, the process for setting the 2003 …More
Extra Percentage Point Likely to Be Divided Up
Although not specified in the recently enacted legislation, it’s expected that the funds for the additional percentage point of salary …More
2003 Pay Raise Finally Settled: 4.1 Percent
Congress has passed legislation to fund most of the government through the remainder of the fiscal year that started last …More
Buyout, FEHB, Retirement, Other Bills Offered
Among legislation recently offered in Congress are: HR-366, sponsored by Rep. Darlene Hooley, D-Ore., to allow waivers of the general …More
Early Retirement, Buyout Authority Detailed
The Office of Personnel Management on Feb. 4 issued in the Federal Register rules to carry out the new government-wide …More
Contracting Out Rule Changes Coming
The Office of Management and Budget is expected to issue within several weeks the final version of its proposed changes …More
Hold Those Horses a Little Longer
The special rate back pay case involves employees receiving that form of bonus pay during the years 1982-1988 who had …More
Movement Possible Soon on Special Rate Case
A judge’s order approving the settlement in the special rate back pay suit is due to become final February 18, …More
Test Upcoming for Pay Provisions
The first test of both likely will come in several months as Congress begins to write a “budget resolution” that …More
Raise, Performance Fund in for Scrutiny
The Bush administration’s 2 percent pay raise proposal is just one of two major pay initiatives in the fiscal 2004 …More
Locality Pay Fell First
The locality part of the 1990 federal pay law quickly fell by the wayside when the Clinton administration raised concerns …More
Death Knell for 1990 Pay Law?
In what could sound the death knell for the 1990 Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act-the law that was supposed to …More
TSP Stock Funds Fall Again
The three stock-based Thrift Savings Plan investment funds all suffered losses in January, with the common stock (C) fund down …More
More Waiting Ahead
If the 2003 raise is set at 4.1 percent retroactive, it likely would be several weeks afterward until agency payroll …More
No Veto Threat on 4.1 Percent Raise
Congress hopes to conclude work this week on the budget for the fiscal year that is now almost five months …More
Budget Reviews ‘Governing with Accountability’
The Bush administration budget includes a section reviewing agency performance in meeting the President’s Management Agenda, a set of reforms …More
SES Pay Reform Also Proposed
The administration’s budget also seeks to reform pay-setting for senior executive service members by replacing the current six-step pay system …More
Benefit Programs Generally Left Alone
Other than the funding shift proposal, the White House budget makes little mention of basic federal employee benefits such as …More
Retirement, FEHB Proposal Repeated
The Bush administration budget repeats a proposal it made last year and that was rejected by Congress involving the financing …More
Opposition Appears to Be Weakening
Supporters of a 4.1 percent 2003 federal raise say the administration-which for most of last year was advocating 2.6 percent …More
