Proposed Combination of Annual, Sick Leave Would Reduce Total Time Off
The Trump administration’s proposal to merge annual leave and sick leave into one form of leave would result in a …More
The Trump administration’s proposal to merge annual leave and sick leave into one form of leave would result in a …More
A Trump administration proposal for FEHB would result in three percentages of the government’s contributions toward premiums and thus three …More
Jeff Pon, a former OPM official who also has held numerous other HR leadership positions inside and outside government has …More
In what has become a repetitive scenario, Congress is running short on time to renew agency spending authority and avoid …More
Through five months of the count toward the January retiree COLA, the count stands at 1.4 percent, following an increase …More
Eighty-three percent of federal employees “report that their professional and personal and/or family life needs interfere with each other to …More
Congress has made little headway in the month since reaching an agreement on overall government spending levels, once again coming …More
The Trump administration has said it will release this month its President’s Management Agenda, which is to contain detailed plans …More
Federal employees commonly equate efficiency and reorganization initiatives—as first announced in an OMB memo issued last April that is to …More
The Office of Special Counsel has said that President Trump’s appointment last week of a campaign manager officially made him …More
The House has passed a bill (HR-3737) that could pave the way for more scrutiny of federal employees’ social media …More
A federal appeals court has found that the MSPB took too narrow a view of whistleblower protections, agreeing with the …More
Only the ever-gaining government securities G fund posted a positive return in February while all other funds suffered losses. The …More
OPM has said that before trying to put in place changes in pay for performance policies, the administration will engage …More
OPM’s strategic plan says that before moving to combine annual and sick leave into one form of leave, as proposed …More
The Trump administration’s call, in its recent budget proposal, to create a short-term disability insurance program for federal employees harkens …More
The Trump administration’s proposal to create a $1 billion central fund for recognizing top performing federal employees would in large …More
A federal court has overturned an MSPB decision involving military leave for federal employees who are called to active duty …More
OPM has changed the sign-in procedures on USAJOBS, the government’s main site for job-seekers, including current federal employees looking to …More
There seems to be a misconception among some federal employees that a case argued before the Supreme Court this week …More
The Trump administration has not explained more fully a proposal in its budget to place a greater emphasis on performance …More
The White House proposal to place more emphasis on performance in federal pay has revived longstanding questions of whether employee …More
The Trump administration has proposed changing the formula for setting the government contribution toward FEHB premiums to make that contribution …More
The White House has again asked Congress to increase the maximum buyout, or voluntary separation incentive payment, to $40,000 government-wide–an …More
While the White House’s recent budget proposal has shifted attention to the fiscal 2019 cycle, work still remains to finalize …More
Through four months of the count toward the January 2019 federal retiree COLA, the count stands at 0.9 percent, following …More
A new OPM report indicates that the best route into the SES, the highest level to which most career federal …More
The White House budget proposal released this week for the fiscal year starting in October contains several familiar proposals to …More
The White House budget proposal for fiscal 2019 follows through on earlier indications that the administration will push for civil …More
The Trump administration has said it will seek several changes in basic federal employee benefits policies, although in stating that …More