Whistleblowers Benefit from Wider Choice of Appeals, Report Says
Allowing federal employees who lose whistleblower retaliation cases at the MSPB a choice of federal courts for their appeals has …More
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OPM Seeks to Make Transfers among Agencies ‘Seamless’
Federal employees would be able to “seamlessly” transfer among agencies, under a plan OPM has released for carrying out its …More
OPM Issues Reminder on Violence Policies
OPM has issued a reminder to federal agencies and employees regarding the government’s policies and resources related to sexual assault …More
Guidance Issued on Phaseout of myRA Program
Federal agencies should no longer accept new enrollments from their employees in the myRA program, an Obama administration-created retirement savings …More
New Document Spells Our Carrot-and-Stick Approach to Workplace Policy
A new document on strategies for carrying out the recently announced President’s Management Agenda expands on themes the Trump administration …More
More Automation of Work, ‘Reskilling’ of Employees Envisioned
Among the initiatives in the Trump administration’s new strategic plan to carry out its President’s Management Agenda provisions on federal …More
New GS Pay Localities, Expansions in the Pipeline
Proposals, some of them dating back several years, to add new GS localities remain in progress, with implementing rules now …More
COLA Count 1.6 Percent at Halfway Mark
Halfway through the count toward the January 2019 federal retirement COLA, the count stands at 1.6 percent, following an increase …More
Organizations Press for Agency Employment Boosts
Organizations representing federal employees are using the recent budget measure that loosened the fiscal purse strings for many agencies to …More
Guidance Sent on Career-Conditional Status Change
OPM has sent guidance to agencies on a 2016 change in law regarding the transition between career-conditional and career status, …More
GAO Raises New Concerns on DoD Base Closings
GAO has issued the latest in a series of reports raising concerns about how the department handled the most recent …More
Federal Employee Shortfall on Pay Narrows a Little
The federal-private sector pay gap has narrowed a little, with federal employees now behind by an average of 31.86 percent, …More
Viewpoint Survey Coming Soon, Differing for Some
This year’s Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey will be sent out soon, OPM has said, with some employees receiving a new …More
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
Report Documents Shift from CSRS to FERS in Workforce
A Congressional Research Service report on federal retirement trends underscores the continuing shift in the federal workforce from CSRS to …More
Big Tax Hit to Some Feds Due to Policy Change
Tax policy changes enacted late last year have had the unintended impact of penalizing many federal employees who receive relocation …More
Agencies Ordered to Keep Job Seekers Informed
OPM has told agencies to make greater efforts to keep job seekers up to date on the process, which would …More
Weather/Safety Leave Policies to Take Effect
After first setting and then temporarily delaying an effective date, OPM has set May 10 for the beginning of a …More
New OPM Director Echoes Calls for Civil Service Reform
“Piecemeal” changes won’t cut it: Newly installed OPM director Jeff Pon has reiterated the administration’s call for fundamental changes to …More
Telework Facing Headwind, Increased Scrutiny
Several recent developments have shown signs of doubt on Capitol Hill and in the administration regarding agencies’ use of telework, …More
