OPM Quietly Ends Its Role in ‘Five Things’ Reporting
OPM has quietly ended its role in the program to have federal employees report on five things they accomplished at …More
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Current Management Fellows Allowed to Finish Their Programs
The several hundred Presidential Management Fellows currently working in federal agencies can finish their programs even in light of the …More
COVID Vaccination Data to Be Deleted from Federal Personnel Records
OPM has told agencies to delete by September 8 all information in federal employees’ personnel records regarding whether they complied …More
Numbers, Impact of Federal Job Cuts Draw Increasing Scrutiny
An increasing focus is being put on both the numbers and potential impacts of cuts in federal employment even as …More
Court Lifts Last Remaining Ban on Executive Order against Unions
A second federal appeals court has lifted the last remaining injunction that trial judges had issued against the executive order …More
OPM Limits Length of Paid Leave in Reorgs—Starting Next Year
OPM has generally limited to 12 weeks the time an agency can put an employee on administrative leave for “workforce …More
Another Report Warns of Safety Risks to IRS Employees
The inspector general at the IRS has issued the latest in a series of warnings about safety risks to IRS …More
Financial, Health and Other Costs of Whistleblowing Cited, Even When Settling
In a report whose findings could apply as well at other agencies, the GAO has said that even those whistleblowing …More
Mine Safety and Health Administration Whistleblowers Recognized by OSC
Two Mine Safety and Health Administration whistleblowers who disclosed that the agency had failed to inspect 51 active mines in the …More
Three of Five Core TSP Funds Gain in July
Three of the five core TSP funds posted gains in July, led by the small company stock S fund, up …More
Congress Leaving Key Policy, Funding Decisions to the Fall
The Senate is to join the House at the end of this week in a recess until after Labor Day, …More
OPM Tells Agencies to Allow ‘Religious Expression’ in Federal Workplace
OPM has told federal agencies that they are to “robustly” protect and enforce “each federal employee’s right to engage in …More
Agency RIFs, Reorganizations Starting to Take Shape
Long-expected agency RIFs and reorganizations are starting to take shape with announcements by several agencies. A list of agencies has …More
Democrats Press IRS, SSA on Impact of Cutbacks on Customer Service
In separate letters to the IRS and the SSA, more than 50 congressional Democrats have pressed for information on the …More
Senate Panel Raises Concerns about Staff Levels at DoD
The Senate Armed Services Committee in approving its version of the annual DoD authorization bill raised several concerns about staff …More
Guidance on ‘Schedule G’ Stresses Political Oversight
Guidance on the new “Schedule G” category of political appointees stresses the political oversight from OPM and the White House …More
OPM, Congress Focus in on VA Awards Issues
Both the OPM and Congress have focused recently on issues related to cash payments to employees at the VA, the …More
Order Formally Launches ‘Schedule Policy/Career,’ Adds Category of Appointees
President Trump has formally launched the excepted service “Schedule Policy/Career” employment category—successor to the short-lived Schedule F of his first …More
Court Allows Order against Unions to Remain, but Congress Eyes Stepping In
A federal appeals court has refused to block implementation of President Trump’s executive order to strip the majority of federal …More
TSP Passes $1 Trillion in Account Balances
The TSP passed the $1 trillion mark in account balances for the first time in June, hitting $1.006 trillion, due …More
GAO Calls for Stronger Efforts against Fraud in FEHB Program
The risk of fraud against the FEHB program goes well beyond the issue of ineligible persons being covered as family …More
Backlog Starting to Build again at MSPB
A backlog of cases before the MSPB governing board that had been all but cleared out earlier this year has …More
A Pre-RIF Checklist for Every Federal Employee, From a Federal Employment Attorney
The Supreme Court’s July 8 decision allowing federal agencies to resume mass layoffs has transformed what was a looming possibility …More
OPM Revives Director’s Blog; First Message: Don’t Take RIFs Personally
Newly confirmed OPM director Scott Kupor has revived a blog not used by anyone in that position for three years, …More
OPM: Impact of RIFs Could Be Much Larger than Commonly Used Numbers. Or Maybe Less.
The impact of pending reductions-in-force could be much larger than the commonly used numbers of 40 across 17 agencies, OPM …More
Uneasy Wait on RIFs Hangs over Federal Workforce; Courts May Yet Play a Role
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s action to clear the way for RIFs and agency reorganizations government-wide, an uneasy wait has …More
Agencies Should Weigh Impact on Employees of Onsite Work Requirements, Says Report
The return-to-office directive leaves federal agencies with some leeway in deciding whether some work still can be done offsite, and …More
TSP Millionaire Count Hits Record High
The number of TSP account holders with at least $1 million in their accounts hit a record high of just …More
GAO Asked to Review FECA Program’s Benefit Levels, Vulnerability to Fraud
In the type of request that commonly is used to lay the groundwork for proposed legislation, top Republicans on the …More
OPM Withdraws Rules on Back Pay Awards
OPM has withdrawn rules it proposed in 2020, but never finalized, to narrow the situations in which federal employees are …More
