Rules Issued on Preserving ‘Use or Lose’ Leave During Pandemic
OPM has issued interim rules on protecting federal employees from losing annual leave under “use or lose” leave rules if …More
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OSC Praises Rejection of Court Challenge to Hatch Act Advisory
In a fairly rare public comment on a court case, the Office of Special Counsel has praised a court’s rejection …More
Boost in Whistleblower Protections Proposed
Leading House Democrats on civil service issues have introduced HR-7935, to limit disclosure of a whistleblower’s identity, prohibit retaliatory investigations, …More
Tensions Over Recalls and Telework Mount as Virus Cases Rise, School Year Approaches
Tension is growing over the months-long issue of allowing telework-eligible employees to continue working remotely vs. being recalled to the …More
Employee Issues on Sideline in Relief Bill Debate
As political leaders continue to struggle to produce another pandemic relief bill, potential language directly affecting federal employee benefits and …More
Raise, Leave, Other Issues Sidelined Ahead of Congress Recess
Congress is on the verge of recessing until after Labor Day having made only partial progress on key pay and …More
Bill Would Require New Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
Newly offered legislation (S-4374) would require the development and implementation of a government-wide initiative to promote, expand, and retain diverse …More
Report: Official Dissent Channels Often Viewed as Risky, Waste of Time
A whistleblower advocacy group has found reluctance by federal employees to use formal channels that some agencies provide for employees …More
TSP to Loosen Restriction on Life Expectancy-Based Withdrawals
In what it called a “significant rule change,” TSP has said that effective in January it will loosen restrictions on …More
New L Funds Debut with Gains, All TSP Funds Positive in July
All six of the newly launched lifecycle L funds—for 2025, 2035, 2045, 2055, 2060 and 2065—debuted in positive territory in …More
Federal Employee Provisions TBD as Congress Takes Up Relief Bill
The pandemic relief bill produced by Senate Republicans this week contains relatively few provisions of direct impact on federal workers, …More
Bills Affecting Pay, Benefits, Advance in Congress
The House and Senate have passed one key annual bill on federal employee pay and benefits issues while the House …More
TSP Accounts Continue Recovery as Some Shift From C to F Fund: Now Over 6 Mil Participants
The TSP in June crossed the 6 million mark in participants while accounts overall continued their recovery from the steep …More
Reminder on Pandemic Travel Restrictions Policies
Some federal employees are questioning the impact of many states and localities reimposing travel restriction due to the resurgence of …More
Ethics-Related Criminal Charges Few but Serious, OGE Reports
A new report from the Office of Government Ethics serves as a reminder that violations of federal employee ethics laws …More
USCIS Furloughs Off, at Least for Now
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has said that it will be able to temporarily delay widespread employee furloughs that had …More
Next Virus Relief Bill Key for Federal Employees, Time is Short
Congress’s return from a two-week recess brings the potential for action on a further pandemic relief bill that could contain …More
Scrutiny of Agency Recall Practices Increases
Congress is stepping up the scrutiny of agency policies and practices regarding returning employees to their workplaces from telework or …More
Key Spending Bill Advances but Still Silent on 2021 Raise
A key spending bill has advanced a step in Congress but is still silent on a January 2021 federal employee …More
Rules Proposed for Continuing Benefits During Shutdowns
OPM has proposed rules to carry out several benefits-related provisions enacted into law last year in reaction to the partial …More
Black Lives Matter and the Hatch Act: OSC Issues Guidance
Using the same logic it applied regarding the Tea Party movement, the Office of Special Counsel has said that the …More
Audit Faults Handling of Informal Grievances at USPS
The Postal Service is “not effective” in managing informal grievances, whose numbers and costs have been increasing in recent years, …More
Virus Taking Toll on Frontline Federal Employees, Increasing Opposition to Recalls
Coronavirus infections are rising for federal employees who have continued to work at their official duty stations, raising yet more …More
Push Made for 3 Percent Raise as Key Spending Bill Starts to Move
Ten House Democrats have asked leaders there to specify a 3 percent federal employee raise in January in the name …More
OPM to Finalize Parental Leave, Official Time Policies
OPM has said that it intends to finalize several sets of rules involving federal employee leave policies and official time …More
One New GS Locality, Expansion of Another Proposed
Rules have been formally proposed to carry out an expansion of the GS locality pay program that has been under …More
Among Ethics Policies, Gift Rules Raise the Most Questions
Federal employees most commonly seek help with those governing the acceptance of gifts among all ethics-related policies, the Office of …More
Workforce Provisions Added to Key Spending Bill; Leave, Anti-Discrimination, EEO, Whistleblowing
The version of the annual DoD authorization bill (HR-6395) that has emerged from the House committee level contains several provisions …More
Boosting IRS Employment Would More than Pay Off, CBO Says
Boosting funding for IRS enforcement activities—most of which would go toward hiring more employees—would yield increased tax collections far above …More
18,000 TSP Millionaires Added Since March Bottom
The number of TSP millionaires rebounded in the second calendar quarter of this year after a steep drop in the …More
