Average Federal Retirement Age Continues to Increase
Federal employees are continuing to retire at ever later-stages of their careers, with the average age at standard voluntary federal …More
Federal employees are continuing to retire at ever later-stages of their careers, with the average age at standard voluntary federal …More
A Congressional Research Service report on federal retirement trends underscores the continuing shift in the federal workforce from CSRS to …More
Tax policy changes enacted late last year have had the unintended impact of penalizing many federal employees who receive relocation …More
OPM has told agencies to make greater efforts to keep job seekers up to date on the process, which would …More
After first setting and then temporarily delaying an effective date, OPM has set May 10 for the beginning of a …More
“Piecemeal” changes won’t cut it: Newly installed OPM director Jeff Pon has reiterated the administration’s call for fundamental changes to …More
Several recent developments have shown signs of doubt on Capitol Hill and in the administration regarding agencies’ use of telework, …More
Bipartisan leaders of the House committee that oversees the IRS plan to push a bill overhauling many of the agency’s …More
Two months after the White House proposed creating a $1 billion fund to reward top-performing federal employees, the idea still …More
More federal employees reported in 2016 that they had seen prohibited personnel practices in the workplace than in 2010, MSPB …More
April 30 is the deadline for submitting claims against 2017 flexible spending accounts. For health care FSAs and “limited expense” …More
The TSP’s large company stock C fund dropped 2.55 percent in March and the international stock I fund also fell, …More
With Congress finally having set agency budgets for the current fiscal year — after bringing the government to the brink …More
An advisory council on federal pay-setting that was dormant all of 2017 has set a meeting for April 10 at …More
Fewer federal employees reported experiencing recent workplace sexual harassment in a 2016 survey than in prior surveys but it “continues …More
A new MSPB report on sexual harassment in the government found that some types of harassing behavior are much more …More
MSPB’s new study of sexual harassment in the federal workplace found that most of those who reported that they had …More
A bipartisan group of senators has offered a postal reform bill that among other things would substantially revise health insurance …More
A newly introduced bipartisan House bill (HR-5355) would overturn a court ruling that restricted MSPB appeal rights of employees in …More
OPM has delayed implementation of new policies governing when agencies may dismiss employees with pay and without charge to paid …More
Congress has passed and the President has signed a $1.3 trillion budget measure ending the threat of another government shutdown, …More
The Trump administration’s President’s Management Agenda, released Tuesday (March 20) largely restates several initiatives related to the federal workforce that …More
Among the themes of the newly issued President’s Management Agenda is an emphasis on making the federal workforce more “agile” …More
While the President’s Management Agenda addresses some issues related to the federal workplace, it does not address several areas that …More
In finalizing policies for a new form of paid leave, weather and safety leave, OPM addressed the special considerations arising …More
OPM’s issuance of final rules regarding dismissing employees from work with pay for weather/safety reasons is just one of the …More
The administration’s proposal to lengthen the waiting period between GS within-grade raises would result in adding a year to the …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