Foreign Service, ALJ Hiring, FERS Crediting Bills Introduced
Some bills worth watching have been introduced in Congress addressing employment opportunities for spouses in the Foreign Service overseas, restoring …More
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Gears of Government Top Award Winners Named
Three individual federal employees, three teams and two agency components have been named winners of the President’s Award in the …More
Raise, Back Pay Expected Next Pay Distribution for Many Still Waiting
Many federal employees who still have not received the pay raise nor the retroactive pay say they are looking expectantly …More
OPM Cites Value of New Policy on Comp Time for Religious Purposes
New rules on excusing employees from work for religious reasons and having them square up the hours by working longer …More
Breakup of OPM Advances a Step
The Trump administration has advanced its planned breakup of OPM a step by finalizing the transfer of its background investigations …More
CBP Offers Widescale Retention Payments
In one of the widest uses of retention payments to date, Customs and Border Protection is offering a 5 percent …More
Veterans Reinstatement Rights Apply Even after Long Absence
In a case that reinforces the reinstatement rights of federal employees who serve on active military duty, the Postal Service …More
Nomination Made for Filling MSPB Board
The White House has nominated a former MSPB general counsel to a seat on the MSPB governing board who if …More
April Showers Gains on TSP Investors
All TSP funds posted gains in April, led by the three stock-based funds. The large company C fund gained 4.05 …More
Some May Face Long Wait for Back Pay
Some federal employees may face a long additional wait before receiving the back pay from the retroactive raise, even as …More
Reminder on Deductions from Raise, Back Pay
Some employees who have received their pay raise and back pay are saying that the amounts are incorrect. While that’s …More
Benefits, Workplace Policy Decisions Lie Ahead
Congress returns next week from a two-week recess to start what traditionally is a time in which several bills affecting …More
Questions Remain on OPM, MSPB Leadership
The leadership of two key agencies for federal employees remains uncertain at a time when Congress is about to take …More
Relief from TSP Withdrawal Requirement Advances
The House tax-writing committee has advanced a bill that among other things would provide relief from the “minimum distribution” requirement …More
Bills Offered on Student Loan Forgiveness, Other Issues
Among bills proposed or introduced recently in Congress are ones related to student loan forgiveness, relocation taxation, mortgage qualification, and …More
GAO Highlights Need to Address VA Personnel Shortages
Addressing shortages of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel require VA’s high-priority attention, GAO has said, along with numerous other …More
Timing of Raise, Back Pay Differing among Agencies
With the next biweekly federal employee pay distribution just days ahead, agencies have delivered a mixed message to their employees …More
TSP Offers New Account Security Feature
The TSP has started offering two-factor authentication for participants to access their accounts through its website, an increasingly common added …More
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
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
