January Retirement COLA Set: 2 Percent
A federal retirement COLA of 2.0 percent will be paid in January, following completion of the count toward that adjustment …More
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Key Interest Rate Rises
The interest paid in the voluntary contribution retirement savings program available to CSRS (but not FERS) employees will rise to …More
Prospect of Retirement, Other Benefit Cuts Moves Ahead
The House and Senate appear to be headed toward a conference soon on a budget outline that could require committees …More
Federal Employee Buyout Boost Advances
A bill (S-1888) increasing the standard buyout amount to $40,000 government-wide is ready for floor voting in the Senate following …More
TSP Withdrawal Bill Up for House Vote
The House is expected to vote this week to approve a bipartisan bill (HR-3031) to expand TSP withdrawal options, making …More
Time Running Short for TSP Catch-up Elections, Withholding Adjustments
Active employees who are age 50 or above, or who will be before the end of the year, and who …More
Expanded Whistleblower Protections, Other Bills Set for Consideration
The House is scheduled to vote this week on several bills affecting employee rights under whistleblower protection law, among other …More
Panel Backs Increases in DHS Employment
The House Homeland Security Committee has approved a border security bill (HR-3548) that among other things calls for increasing staffing …More
FEHB Premium Hike 6.1 Percent, Open Season Around Corner
The announcement of FEHB and FEDVIP premium rates for the 2018 plan year ends the annual process of OPM negotiating …More
Federal Employee Buyout Boost Stirs to Life in Congress
A Senate committee is scheduled to vote today (Wednesday) on a bill boosting the buyout maximum governmentwide for the first …More
Higher Buyout Amount Seen as Greater Lure for Federal Employees
Raising the standard maximum for buyout offers to federal employees from $25,000 to $40,000 has been touted by both the …More
Buyout Amount Boost May Not Open Floodgates
Legislation (S-1888) pending a committee vote in the Senate to increase the buyout maximum to $40,000 government-wide would not necessarily …More
Senate Budget Plan Silent on Potential Retirement Changes
The Senate Budget Committee is meeting this week to produce a budget outline for the fiscal year that started Sunday, …More
Most TSP Funds Start Fall with Rise
All but one of the TSP funds posted gains in September, with the small company stock S fund leading the …More
GAO Finds Little Evidence of ‘Burrowing In’
While “burrowing in”–the practice of political appointees converting to civilian positions–draws significant attention, especially around Presidential transition years, GAO once …More
Labor-Management Cooperation Effort Abolished
President Trump has dissolved the National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relations and its spin-off local “forums,” a main Obama administration …More
Almost All Federal Employees Fly Far Under New Air Travel Restrictions
OMB has issued a reminder to agencies on restrictions regarding official travel, although it likely will have little impact on …More
As Fiscal Year Ends, No Shutdown Threat but Many Federal Employee Issues Pending
Fiscal year 2017 ends Saturday (September 30) without the threat of a partial government shutdown and the kind of last-minute …More
Impact on Federal Employee Jobs of Reform Plans Still Unclear
With federal agencies finalizing their internal operations reform plans as directed by the White House, there still has been relatively …More
Outlook Mixed on Early Retirement, Buyout Offers
It is uncertain whether and to what extent agencies will use buyouts and early out incentives in the time immediately …More
Management of Incentive Offers Questioned
Several House members have written to OPM questioning how early retirement and buyout offers at the SBA were managed by …More
Proposed Cuts to Retirement Benefits Could Stir Anew
A package of potential cuts to federal retirement benefits that has been dormant for several months after passing the House …More
Capitol Hill Attention Could Turn to TSP, Other Issues
By putting off the annual late-September budget battles by continuing agency spending authority through early December, political leaders have given …More
Bonuses for Cost Savings Proposed
Legislation (S-1830) offered in the Senate would allow the payment of awards up to $10,000 to employees who identify waste, …More
House Passes Spending Bill But Still Opposes Restarting A-76 Process
In passing a spending bill for fiscal 2018 (HR-3354) covering most of the government last week, the House once again …More
Buyout Boost, Other Issues Still Not Settled
The Senate in passing its version of the annual DoD authorization bill on Monday (HR-2810) did not take up several …More
Federal Employees, Retirees Sought for Hurricane Relief Work
DHS has put out a call for federal employees to join its “surge capacity force” for special assignments for on-site …More
TSP Extends Relaxed Withdrawal Policies Due to Hurricanes
The TSP has extended to Hurricane Irma the same loosened in-service withdrawal policies it previously applied to Hurricane Harvey. Under …More
COLA Count Heads Down to the Wire
With only one month left in the count toward the January retiree COLA, the increase stands at 1.9 percent, following …More
Reminder on FEGLI Changes Made Last Year
Any FEGLI coverage elections made during the open season last September will become effective as of the first pay period …More
