Proposed Changes in Hiring, other Personnel Policies Get Hearing in House
The House Armed Services Committee has held a hearing on recommendations on a number of hiring and other federal employment …More
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New Senate Postal Bill Mirrors House Measure; Other Bills Offered
A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a counterpart to a bill moving in the House to revise numerous Postal …More
Review of TSP Investment Policies to Include “Climate-related financial risk”
President Biden has ordered an assessment of how the TSP “has taken environmental, social, and governance factors, including climate-related financial …More
Court Takes Broad View of USERRA Protections
A federal appeals court has taken a broader view of federal workplace protections for veterans than was advocated by one …More
OMB Loosens Federal Workplace Mask Requirements, Hints at More Changes to Come
Fully vaccinated federal employees no longer need to wear masks in federal buildings, OMB has said, while adding that that …More
Uncertainty Continues on Potential Rollback of Telework
The easing of mask-wearing requirements in federal buildings for those who are fully vaccinated has raised questions about whether the …More
IG Criticizes OPM’s Own Workplace Safety Practices under Trump
In a report that in essence closes the book on OPM’s internal response to the Coronavirus under the Trump administration, …More
Report: Pandemic Worsened Personnel Shortages at Prisons, Detention Facilities
The pandemic has caused a number of problems at federally run prisons and detention facilities, including by worsening existing personnel …More
Agencies Can Bring Back Labor-Management Forums; OPM Considering Further Changes
OPM has told federal agencies that it is continuing to review federal labor-management relations policies for further potential changes – …More
Postal Bill Advances with Bipartisan Support
A bill to revise many aspects of Postal Service operations — and some aspects of its benefits to employees and …More
Congress Takes Up Leave, Ethics Issues as Wait Continues for Budget, Telework Guidance
With the Biden administration having provided only an outline of a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, much of the …More
Paid Leave Available for Vaccination Side-Effects
Federal agencies “should grant” employees who suffer adverse side-effects of a Coronavirus inoculation up to two workdays of administrative leave, …More
DoD Employees Generally May Not Be Asked about Vaccination Status
The Defense Department has set limits on the circumstances in which management may ask civilian employees about whether they have …More
OPM Continues Trump-Issued Policies on Job Qualifications, Candidate Assessments
OPM has told agencies to continue to work toward implementing an executive order issued by President Trump downplaying the roles …More
Bill Would Affect TSP Policies; RMDs, Limits
A bill (HR-2954) newly offered by the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee would revise several retirement savings …More
House to Consider Expanding Pregnancy-Related Protections
The House is set to vote this week on HR-1065, which would expand workplace protections for pregnancy, childbirth or related …More
MSPB Concedes Parts of Whistleblower Ruling in Error; Appeals Court Returns Case
A federal appeals court has returned to the MSPB a case in which the scope of whistleblower protections for federal …More
Calls Grow for Returning More Federal Employees to Their Regular Worksites
Members of Congress—mainly but not exclusively Republicans—are increasingly calling on the Biden administration to return more federal employees to their …More
$570M Emergency Leave Fund Now Available for Federal Employee Use
OPM has told federal agencies that they may now begin allowing their employees to take a special form of paid …More
New Pandemic Leave Fund Comes with Strings Attached
Guidance from OPM on using the new “emergency paid leave” authority notes that the law creating the fund imposes several …More
Broadened Whistleblower Protections Proposed
House Democratic leaders on civil service issues have proposed a broadening of protections for whistleblowing federal employees in what would …More
Social Security Tax Repayment Issue Arises
As was widely expected, an issue has arisen regarding repayment of Social Security taxes that were not withheld from many …More
Clash in House Over IG Accountability, Independence; Use of Acting Officials
Partisan divisions arose at a House hearing this week on a series of government accountability bills pending before the Oversight …More
TSP: April Showers Gains on All Funds
All TSP funds posted gains in April, led by the large company stock C fund, up 5.33 percent, with the …More
Telework Rates High, Federal Workforce Happier: How Much Cause and Effect?
OPM has released full results of last year’s Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey showing increases in employee engagement and satisfaction amid …More
Ratings of Managers Rise but Long-Time Pattern Continues
Federal employees gave agency management generally higher ratings in a variety of areas in the government-wide survey conducted last fall …More
Feds Again Say Poor Performers not Dealt With; Rewards Lacking
As has been the pattern for many years, questions related to rewards for good performance and consequences for poor performance …More
Survey by Union Ties Telework to Higher Productivity
Two-thirds of employees who are teleworking said their productivity has improved while a quarter said it has not changed and …More
SSA Asks for Funding Boost, Citing Hiring and Other Needs
The SSA has asked Congress to support the funding boost that the Biden administration recommended for it in its recent …More
TSP Assets Gain $178 Billion Since Early-2020 Drop
The amount on investment in the TSP rose by some $178 billion by the end of last month over the …More
