Another Child Care Funding Source
Apart from the new child care subsidy authority (see above item), the only financial help for lower income employees is …More
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While a law passed by Congress last year allows agencies to subsidize day care fees for children of their employees …More
Commuter Programs Hit the Gas Pedal
More than 1 million federal employees have participated in various programs designed to reduce traffic congestion while commuting in the …More
More Pennies to the Mile
Effective January 14, the mileage reimbursement rate for federal employees who use privately owned vehicles for official travel will rise …More
G Fund Rate
The Thrift Savings Plan government securities (G) fund is being invested at a 6.625 annual rate in January.
Cuts Uncertain Despite Lists
It’s far from certain when—or even if—those jobs (see above related item) will be put up for bid. The 1998 …More
Half-Million DoD Jobs Could Go Up for Bid . . .
The Defense Department has said that 504,000 of its civilian employee jobs are subject to contracting-out competitions with the private …More
Job Losses Hit DoD the Hardest
Agencies slammed hardest by job losses in 1996-1998 were the Department of Defense, down by 72,149 workers to 709,075; the …More
Work Force Smaller, More White-Collar
New figures from the Office of Personnel Management show that the executive branch work force continued to shrink in the …More
Rules on Child Care Subsidies Proposed
Federal employees who have trouble affording child care could get help from their agencies under rules proposed by the Office …More
‘Special Rate’ Raises Set
One group of employees that had to wait a bit longer for the final word on raises is the “special …More
2000 Raise is on the Way
Many federal employees will pick up their first paychecks of 2000 and not see the much-ballyhooed 4.8 percent general schedule …More
Contracting-Out Savings Questioned
The agency announcements came just after the General Accounting Office questioned whether the Defense Department will be able to achieve …More
VA Has Second-Highest Number
The Veterans Affairs Department has reported the second-highest number of jobs that could be put up for bid, nearly 190,000. …More
Indicated Average Raise Above 19 Percent
If the government were to follow through on the pay formula set by underlying law—which has never been done in …More
Employees Win Three-Fourths of A-76 Studies
The in-house side won 73 percent of A-76 studies in fiscal 2007, according to an OMB report, continuing a pattern …More
Professional Liability Insurance–Choice of Several Different Payment Options
Most federal employees cannot afford the prohibitive cost of defending themselves against potential threats to their career — proposed discipline, …More
Agencies Called Lagging on Personnel Policies
Federal agencies have made "insufficient and ineffective" use of special hiring authorities that already exist and need to consider making …More
Federal Legal Corner: Establishing a Discrimination Case
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recently held that the question of whether a plaintiff …More
Expert’s View: Short-term Disability Insurance
The federal government does not offer its employees short-term disability insurance, writes benefits expert Reg Jones. "If you are unfortunate …More
