TSP Proposes 5 Percent Default Enrollment, Changes in Hardship Withdrawals
The TSP has proposed to make certain expenses related to a natural disaster automatically eligible for in-service “financial hardship” withdrawals, …More
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COLA Count Stands at 0.5 Percent
The count toward the January 2021 federal retirement COLA stands at 0.5 percent through four months of the counting period, …More
Irregular Work Schedules Wearing Down Air Marshals
Federal air marshals are experiencing health and personal problems related to their irregular work schedules, a long-running concern aggravated by …More
Trump Offers 1 Percent Raise, Seeks Benefit Cuts
Under the Trump administration’s new budget proposal, federal employees would receive a 1 percent pay raise in January and agencies …More
Budget Again Proposes to Hike FERS Contributions, Axe Supplement
The administration’s fiscal 2021 budget proposal includes a set of oft-repeated proposals regarding employee contributions toward retirement, retirement benefits, premium …More
Paid Time Off Instead of Sick, Annual Leave Again Proposed
The administration’s budget repeats prior proposals to combine annual leave and sick leave into “paid time off” while not going …More
Budget Keeps OPM Breakup Idea on the Table
The administration’s budget plan assumes that the proposal to break up OPM will become reality in the budget year that …More
Job Gains and Losses Under Proposed 2021 Budget
Job levels at federal agencies would remain about flat overall under the Trump administration budget, although the figures are complicated …More
OPM Tells FEHB Carries to Focus on Controlling Costs
OPM has issued its annual “call letter” to FEHB carriers, urging them to continue cost-sharing initiatives involving prescription drugs, wellness …More
OPM Sets Leave, Telework, Other Policies on Coronavirus
OPM has issued additional guidance on federal workplace policies in response to the Coronavirus, including for the first time authorizing …More
IG: Significant Vulnerabilities in Agency Child Care Centers
The GSA inspector general has raised concerns about the security of child care facilities in GSA-controlled space, saying that some …More
MSPB Questions Value of Performance Evaluations
Federal agencies “may need to reconsider both the purpose(s) of performance evaluation, and how they are conducting performance evaluation,” the …More
Bills on Representative Payee Fraud, TSA Employee Pay and Rights Advancing
Bills are advancing in the House to protect retiree benefits from fraud, and another to move TSA screeners into the …More
OSC Warns Against Narrow Reading of Whistleblower Protections
The Office of Special Counsel says that a recent decision by an MSPB hearing officer should be overturned on grounds …More
TSP Revising Inflation Protection Feature in New Annuities
Effective beginning in March, newly purchased TSP annuities with the inflation protection option will automatically increase in value by 2 …More
Mixed Start to the Year for the TSP
The TSP started 2020 with a mix of gains and losses in January, with more of the latter than the …More
3.5 Percent Raise for 2021 Backed by Unions, Hill Dems
Federal employee unions and some leading Capitol Hill Democrats on federal employee issues are backing a 3.5 percent raise for …More
Safe to Discuss Impeachment at Work? Court Asked to Speed Hatch Act Decision
The AFGE union has asked a federal judge to speed up a decision in a suit against guidance on what …More
TSP Catch-Up Change in Process, Other Updates Pending
The TSP has issued proposed rules on its catch-up contributions feature, the first in an expected series of changes in …More
2.1 Million Non-USPS Feds: Rise at DHS, Drop at SSA, EPA
Overall numbers of federal employees and the numbers of those who left the government remained stable in the most recently …More
