FSA Claims Deadline Reminder
April 30 is the deadline for submitting claims against flexible spending accounts for the 2018 calendar year. For dependent care …More
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Whistleblower Protections Still Incomplete, Groups Say
Three groups that advocate for whistleblowers say that further protections are needed including creating a right for federal employees to …More
EEOC Offers New Alternative Dispute Resolution Route
The EEOC is offering a new route for alternative dispute resolution in cases involving federal employees, in which the Federal …More
Court Sides with Agency on Failure to Inform Employees
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower court ruling involving a federal agency’s failure to inform employees of …More
Call Letter Opens Door for Added FEHB Benefits
OPM has opened the door for FEHB carriers to propose new benefits that are not offset by cost reductions in …More
House Signals New Direction on Workplace Policies
The impact of the change of the House to Democratic control is starting to show in the budget process where …More
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Recent Government Shutdown A Wake-Up Call for All U.S. Workers
A few days after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended, a Prudential Financial survey of federal employees exposed …More
Disputes over Union, Disciplinary Policies Return to Surface
After largely lying dormant since last fall, disputes have revived over key federal workplace policies involving disciplinary policies and the …More
Hopes Grow that Pay Period Seven Will Be Lucky for Raise
Federal employees for the moment are in something of a lull in the storm over the pay raise, with attention …More
Reminder: COLAs, Pay Raises Different
A number of federal retirees have been asking about how the federal pay raise will affect them, again illustrating a …More
TSA, Benefits Protection Bills Introduced
Among bills recently introduced in Congress are two measures addressing benefits issues that arose during the recent partial government shutdown. …More
GAO Continues Push on Pay, Performance Recommendations
GAO has called attention to unresolved recommendations government-wide that it considers high priority, including recommendations that OPM: * track whether …More
On Raise, Back Pay, It’s Hurry Up and Wait Some More
After waiting six weeks for an executive order to carry out the 1.9 percent average pay raise, more waiting now …More
Biggest Raises Concentrated in Already Highest-Paid Localities
Some federal employees have been wondering why the metropolitan areas that already are among the highest-paid GS localities stand to …More
Payment of Back Pay Brings Complications
Payment of back pay following a retroactive raise for federal employees involves a number of complications related to benefits. According …More
TSP: S&P and Bond Funds Lead in March, I Fund Looking Cheap
The common stock C and bond F funds posted gains of nearly 2 percent in March—1.95 and 1.93 percent, respectively—while …More
Budget Plan Assuming Higher Retirement Contributions Advances
The Senate Budget Committee has approved a budget plan that assumes an increase in required retirement contributions for most federal …More
Few Claims Filed for Post-Data Breach Services
In the more than three years since the government started offering identity protection services and identity theft insurance to those …More
Rotation Program Seen as Step toward Single Cyber Workforce
A proposed new program for rotation of cybersecurity employees among agencies would be a step toward creating a government-wide cadre …More
Pay Raise Finalized, but More Waiting Likely for Payout
President Trump has issued an executive order finalizing new pay rates for this year reflecting an average 1.9 percent raise …More
Senate Panel Eyes Higher Retirement Contributions
A Senate committee has taken the first of what would have to be many steps in Congress toward requiring federal …More
MSPB Seeks Funding Boost, Contrary to Administration Request
In an unusual move, the MSPB has submitted a “bypass request” to Congress, saying that the White House’s fiscal 2020 …More
Bills on Security Clearances, Relocation Taxes Introduced
Among the bills recently reintroduced in Congress was S-838, a bipartisan bill to require decisions to grant, deny, or revoke …More
Dispute over Divorce Policy Heads to Court
The Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association has filed suit against OPM’s reversal in 2016 of a longstanding policy regarding how …More
Guidance Issued on Shutdown’s Impact on Use or Lose Leave
OPM has told agencies to process donations of “use or lose” annual leave, and use of such leave by recipients, …More
Workforce Grew Slightly in Fiscal 2018
The number of federal employees grew slightly in fiscal 2018 as measured both by a count of the overall workforce …More
Budget Takes Aim at Leave, Within-Grade Raises
The Trump administration has released additional documents as a follow-up to last week’s budget proposals for fiscal 2020, making clear …More
Some Details Added to FEHB, Retirement Proposals
New budget-related documents from the White House spell out in more detail the proposals related to retirement and FEHB contained …More
Frustration Grows along with Wait for Raise, Back Pay
The continued delay in paying out the average 1.9 percent raise enacted into law February 15—and the accompanying delay in …More
Budget Requests Buyout Boost, New Incentives
Among the provisions of the Trump administration’s latest budget proposal that might be viewed as a positive for federal employees …More
