White House Directive Possible
Also, the White House has another opportunity later this month to stake out its position on the raise by using …More
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One of the first orders of business for the Senate when it returns from its August recess will be to …More
DoD Tightens Purchase Card Restrictions
In response to criticism from auditors and Congress, the Defense Department will tighten its oversight of travel and purchase cards …More
Whistleblower Protections Limited
Disclosure of publicly known information concerning alleged errors in an adjudicative process do not constitute a protected disclosure under the …More
Summary of TSP Changes
With the transition to a new computer system upcoming September 16, the TSP will be making numerous other changes in …More
Loan, Withdrawal Transactions Also Affected
Special considerations also will apply to those wishing to take out loans or make account withdrawals during the transition period …More
TSP Transition Period Ahead
With the Thrift Savings Plan on track to switch over to a new account management system effective September 16, a …More
Patients’ Rights Talks Break Down
Meanwhile, long-running negotiations between the White House and Senate leaders over “patients’ rights”-based health insurance policy reform have broken down, …More
Medicare Plan Fails in Senate
Just before recessing, the Senate took up but was unable to pass any of several plans to create a prescription …More
Underwriting in Future Open Seasons Uncertain
OPM also has clarified that while it expects to have future open seasons-although their frequency and the date of the …More
FLTCIP Underwriting Issues Clarified
The Office of Personnel Management has clarified several aspects of the policy on underwriting-the process of checking a person’s health …More
Demonstration Project Authority a Possible Compromise
While the union rights issue currently has both sides dug in, there could be room for a compromise on the …More
Employee Rights Remain a Hang-Up
The primary difference on the Homeland Security Department proposal continues to focus on the issue of employee rights. The Senate …More
Homeland Security Employee Issues Deferred
The Senate has joined the House in recessing until Labor Day without voting on its version of a proposal to …More
Stock Funds Hit Hard
All three stock-based Thrift Savings Plan suffered significant losses in July, with the largest of the three, the common stock …More
LTC Tax Break Clears House
Premiums for long-term care insurance, presumably including those paid into the new Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program, would be …More
Greater Cancer Testing Coverage Backed
The House has passed a resolution (H.Con.Res. 385) stating the sense of Congress that federal health care programs should cover …More
James Briefing on Homeland Security Agency
Office of Personnel Management director Kay Coles James recently made an appearance, rare for an OPM chief, at the White …More
Language Raises Veto Threat
During full Senate voting, amendments might be raised to give the new department the flexibilities over hiring, discipline, compensation and …More
Senate Panel Backs Continued Job Rights
In drafting its version of legislation (S-2452) to create a Homeland Security Department, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee voted to …More
Union Rights Amendment Defeated
During floor voting, the House defeated a proposed amendment that would have kept current union rights of employees who transfer …More
Personnel Issues a Battleground on Homeland Security Bill
Personnel issues, in particular union rights, have become a major issue in consideration of the plan to create a Homeland …More
Percentage Limits to Rise Again
The TSP’s next open season will run October 15-December 31, not November 15-January 31 as in the past. During the …More
End of TSP Open Season Just Ahead
The current Thrift Savings Plan open season concludes at the end of this month, meaning time is running out for …More
COLA Count at 1 Percent
Three-fourths of the way through the measuring period to determine the January 2003 retiree cost-of-living adjustment, the COLA count remains …More
Senate Bill Could Be More Protective
While most of the attention to the Homeland Security Department proposal so far has focused on the House, Senate committees …More
Personnel Policies Remain at Issue
The Homeland Security Department bill being brought to the House floor would give the new agency greater flexibility over performance …More
Homeland Security Agency Debate Ahead
The House votes this week on a compromise plan (HR-5005) to create a new Homeland Security Department out of some …More
Several New Provisions Added
The House Treasury-Postal appropriations measure also includes: a new provision requiring agencies to report annually with the White House’s budget …More
Traditional Restrictions Continued
The House Treasury-Postal appropriations measure for fiscal 2003 continues several provisions that have been features of the annual spending bill …More
