OPM’s Memo on Pay
The Office of Personnel Management has issued a memo to agencies on the pay situation, providing guidance on how the …More
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After the annual review of special rate pay, the Office of Personnel Management has determined that virtually all special rate …More
More Pay Tables Set
Meanwhile, the Bush administration has released additional sets of pay tables for fiscal 2003 reflecting a 3.1 percent raise. Earlier, …More
Retroactivity Pushed
Advocates of the 4.1 percent figure favor making the higher amount retroactive to January 1. There is no deadline for …More
Pay Raise Battle Is On
Congress has reconvened facing an unusually heavy workload for so early in a year, since it must resolve budget disputes …More
FEHB Premium Relief Bill Coming
Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., has said he will reintroduce a bill he offered in the previous Congress to increase the …More
Other GPO Approach Also Likely
Shaw’s GPO reform approach differs somewhat from a more long-running GPO proposal, one that would apply the offset only to …More
Social Security Reform Measure Expected
The head of the House Social Security subcommittee, Rep. Clay Shaw, R-Fla., is expected to reintroduce in the new Congress …More
Base Closings Process Kicks Off
With the next Defense Department base closing exercise now only two years away, DoD has issued guidance to begin preliminary …More
Partnership Arrangement Is Possible
While several major companies operate such programs for private sector employers and only one of them might get the contract …More
Retiree COLA on Way
The ongoing debate over the 2003 raise for active employees does not affect cost-of-living adjustments for retirees, whose increases are …More
How a 4.1 Percent Raise Would Break Down
If a 4.1 percent raise is enacted, the money for the additional percentage point likely would be designated as locality …More
Partial Raise Absorption a Possibility
One scenario being mentioned on Capitol Hill is that Congress will authorize a 4.1 percent raise but provide funds sufficient …More
Dollars Could Be Hard to Come By
Boosting the federal raise from 3.1 percent to 4.1 percent would cost an estimated $1 billion in additional funds at …More
Pay Raise Among First Orders of Business
The new Congress gets to work next week facing the need to deal with budget issues left over from the …More
Whistleblower Educational Program Rolled Out
The Office of Special Counsel, which among other things investigates and prosecutes allegations of reprisal for whistleblowing, has unveiled a …More
House Committee Leadership Still Uncertain
On the House side, a decision remains pending on the replacement for Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., as head of the …More
Collins Gets Key Committee Chair
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, will take over the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, the panel mainly responsible for federal employee and …More
Numeric Goals Downplayed
OMB officials say the starting point for deliberations on contracting out is the annual inventory of commercial-type jobs that shows …More
Greater Accountability Planned in Contracting-Out
One element of the Bush administration’s recently announced planned revisions in Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, the guidance …More
Key FLRA/FSIP Decisions of 2002
The Federal Labor Relations Authority and its subcomponent, the Federal Service Impasses Panel, issued several key decision in 2002 affecting …More
Some FEGLI Rates Increasing
In addition, there are new age bands for Option B as well as for Option C, which provides coverage for …More
New FEGLI Rates Reminder
Effective January 1, some new premiums and new age bands will apply in the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance program, …More
FLTCIP, TSP Open Seasons Ending
The current open seasons for both the Thrift Savings Plan and the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program end December …More
COLA Count Up Slightly
Through two months of the counting period used to determine the January 2004 cost-of-living adjustments for federal retirees, the COLA …More
Other Provisions Also Might Resurface
Other civil service reform proposals that also might resurface in the new Congress include: greater authority to designate positions as …More
Another Civil Service Reform Push Ahead
With Republicans set to be in control of both houses of Congress and the White House next year, a renewed …More
Legal Corner: EEO Complainant Convicted of Perjury
Timely advice: Federal employees must be aware that sworn statements and testimony under oath have to be truthful or they …More
Contractor Will Run Open Season
The contractor running the FSA program also will be responsible for administering the open seasons during which employees may elect …More
Start-Up, Other Costs at Stake
In its announcement to bidders, OPM said that it anticipated that a contractor will impose a fee “made on a …More
