DoD Cautions on Post-Election Political Activity
The Defense Department has issued a message to its civilian employees and military personnel on post-election political activities that takes …More
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As Year-End Approaches, Still No Further Guidance on Repaying Taxes
As the end of the year approaches, neither the IRS nor the federal payroll processors have issued further guidance for …More
Congress Likely to Take Budget Down to the Wire Again
Both chambers of Congress are in session this week but with no budget measure available for voting and another recess …More
TSP Investors Continue Shift to G Fund; New Spillover Rules to Take Effect
For the second straight month as the stock-oriented TSP funds suffered declines in October, investors overall shifted money from those …More
Biden Expected to Overturn Many Trump Policies on Federal Workforce
A Biden administration is widely expected to act on many fronts to overturn Trump administration policies on the federal workforce …More
OPM Targets Removing Ineligible Persons from FEHB
OPM has issued guidance on removing ineligible family members from coverage under the FEHB program, stressing that under its rules, …More
Agency Funding, Pandemic Relief Await Divided Congress
Congress has returned for a post-election session that will have to take up much of the business it has left …More
Senate Measure Backs Pay Freeze, I Fund Limitation
Federal employee pay would be frozen in 2021 under a newly released bill from the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Republican leadership, …More
Increases in Medicare Costs for 2021 Announced
The 2021 Medicare Part B (physicians and related services) premium will be $148.50 a month for most enrollees, an increase …More
Unions Seek Course Reversal on Bargaining, Grievances, Official Time
Federal employee organizations have said they expect relations to improve with a Biden White House compared with those they have …More
Vacancies Available for Biden in MSPB, FLRA, Impasses Panel
A change of administrations provides the White House with opportunities to replace several thousand political appointees—less than half of whom …More
Opponents of ‘Schedule F’ Order Eye Options to Block It
A coalition of federal employee organizations is looking to an upcoming spending bill as potential way to block the Trump …More
Open Season for FEHB, FEDVIP, FSAs Just Ahead
The federal benefits open season begins Monday (November 9) and runs through December 14, the annual opportunity to make changes …More
Get a Flu Shot, It’s Free under FEHB, OPM Says
OPM and HHS have asked federal agencies to encourage their employees to get the seasonal flu vaccine and to encourage …More
Sen. Seeking Detail on Programs Canceled Under Order on Diversity Training Ban
Federal agencies are “broadly discontinuing training sessions on diversity and inclusion in fear of violation” of the recent executive order …More
Is Your Federal Job a Good Match? MSPB Lists Factors
The MSPB has identified three ways for federal employees to measure how well they fit their jobs, adding that based …More
Indicator Set for 2022 Federal Employee Raise
An early marker has been set for the January 2022 (not 2021) federal employee pay raise, as the Labor Department …More
TSP Funds Spooked in Oct.; Bounce to Start Nov.
The international stock I fund and the large company stock C fund lost 3.97 and 2.66 percent respectively in October …More
Trump Orders Shift of Potentially 100K Policy-Related Jobs Out of Competitive Service
An unknown but probably large number of federal employees whose positions involve formulating and carrying out policy would move from …More
Switch to Excepted Service Would Affect Hiring, Job Protections
Moving federal employees in positions involved in making or carrying out policy from the competitive service to the excepted service, …More
Executive Order Stirs Concern of Politicizing Career Civil Service
President Trump’s order to shift potentially tens of thousands or more federal employees into the excepted service from the competitive …More
Head of Federal Salary Council Resigns over Executive Order “Smokescreen”
Ronald Sanders, a longtime federal HR professional, has resigned from the Federal Salary Council in opposition to the Trump administration’s …More
TSP Investment Limits to Be Unchanged for 2021
The standard dollar limit on investments in the TSP, the “elective deferral limit,” will be unchanged in 2021 at $19,500, …More
OGE Addresses Ethics Considerations of Helping Others with Government Forms
Federal employees can help others with submitting routine applications and other forms to government agencies but should be mindful of …More
Federal-Private Sector Pay Gap Narrows to 23 Percent
New figures from the Federal Salary Council show that the federal-private sector pay gap has fallen to 23.11 percent, continuing …More
OPM Issues Rules Giving Management a Stronger Hand
OPM has finalized, with few changes from the version proposed a year ago, a broad-ranging set of rules that will …More
Rules Set Standards for Discipline in Conduct Cases
Newly finalized rules from OPM emphasize discretion for management officials when taking disciplinary action against federal employees on charges of …More
Employees Guaranteed Only Minimum Chance to Improve Under New Rules
Final rules from OPM carrying out a 2018 executive order on disciplinary policies stress that agencies need not make more …More
Policies on Covid, Medicare Coordination Announced
Among the further details on the 2021 FEHB program newly announced are expanded coordination between some carriers and Medicare and …More
OPM Details Further FEHB Changes for 2021
OPM has issued further details on the FEHB program for 2021 beyond the announcement last week of premium rates, which …More
