Impatience Growing but Delays on Raise Likely
Now nearly two weeks since President Trump signed into law a retroactive federal employee pay raise averaging 1.9 percent, many …More
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How Past Retroactive Pay Raises Affected Benefits
In two prior experiences of federal employees receiving retroactive raises, in 2003 and 2004, such increases affected not only salary …More
Pay Agent Report Signals Continued Battle over Raises
A report from senior administration officials signals that the long-running battles over federal pay raises will continue this year, again …More
House Moves to Extend Lone MSPB Member’s Term; Vote Delayed on Others
The House has passed HR-1235 to extend by up to another year the term of the lone member of the …More
DoD Projects Major Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Workforce
A new DoD plan for incorporating artificial intelligence into its operations that anticipates that it will have a significant impact …More
High Court Rules for Equivalent Retiree Tax Treatment
In a rare case involving federal employee benefits that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, the court has found that for …More
Union Seeks to Reverse Army Child Care Subsidy Decision
A federal union has asked congressional leaders on defense issues to act to reverse the Army’s decision to cut off …More
Guidance on Pay Raise, New Pay Tables Still Pending
Although President Trump signed a budget measure on February 15 providing for an average 1.9 percent federal employee raise retroactive …More
Budget Measure Continues Some Workplace Policies, Imposes Others
In addition to providing for an average 1.9 percent federal pay raise retroactive to January 6, the final budget measure …More
OGE Raises Ethics Concerns Arising from Shutdown, after the Fact
The Office of Government Ethics has issued detailed guidance on the ethical implications of federal employees accepting financial and other …More
OGE Cautions on Outside Employment During Shutdowns
The OGE’s new guidance on ethics considerations related to government shutdowns—in more detail than previously available, although not issued until …More
Several Retirement-Related Bills Introduced
Legislation has been reintroduced in the House (HR-1255) to increase COLA benefits under the FERS system to match those under …More
EEOC Plans Change to Complaint Procedures
The EEOC has proposed what it terms a “limited procedural change” in the way it handles cases brought by federal …More
Trump Signs Bill to Prevent Shutdown, Grant Retroactive 1.9 Percent Raise
President Trump signed into law today (Friday) a bill to head off another partial government shutdown and provide an average …More
Back Pay Problems Attract Attention of Congress
House Democratic leaders on civil service issues have asked OPM and OMB what steps they are taking to provide full …More
Furlough Counts as Probationary Timed Served, Says OPM
OPM has issued guidance on how shutdown furlough time is to be treated for considerations such probationary periods, within-grade waiting …More
Early Maneuvering for 2020 Budget Underway, Raise Proposed
Although the budget for the current fiscal year remains unsettled, early maneuvering on the fiscal 2020 budget has started, with …More
OPM Eyes One-Stop-Shop Service for FEHB
OPM is investigating creating a central enrollment program service for the FEHB to provide a “one-stop-shop” that would become the …More
Measure Seeks New Rotational Program for Cybersecurity Employees
Bipartisan legislation (S-406) has been reintroduced in the Senate aimed at better developing and retaining federal employees with cybersecurity skills, …More
Identity Protection Contract Extended
OPM has issued a follow-on contract to the provider of identity protection services to federal employees and retirees whose personal …More
2.6 Percent Pay Raise Awaits Senate Decision
The Senate has not yet indicated how it will respond to House passage of a bill to provide federal employees …More
Back Pay Problems Arise from Shutdown
Numerous problems have been reported regarding back pay for the 800,000 employees who were either furloughed or required to work …More
Agencies Now Halfway to Another Potential Shutdown
The mid-point has now been reached between the end of the record-setting partial shutdown and the potential start of another, …More
TSP Loosens Loan Rules for Shutdowns
The TSP has repealed its restriction against taking out loans for employees in non-pay status due to a partial government …More
TSP Ends 2018 with 5.5 Million Accounts Holding $536 Billion
The TSP has said that as of year-end 2018, the number of account holders stood at just above 5.5 million, …More
TSP Stock Funds Rebound in January
The three stock-oriented TSP funds in January gained back much of the ground they lost in December, with the small …More
Nominations Re-submitted for MSPB Board
The White House has re-nominated the same three persons it proposed last year for the MSPB governing board, which has …More
House Votes for 2.6 Percent 2019 Raise
The House on Wednesday passed a newly introduced bill (HR-790) by Democratic leaders on civil service issues to pay a …More
Proposed Higher Raise Described as Make-up Gesture
Sponsors of a bill that has passed the House, and that now moves to the Senate, to pay a retroactive 2019 …More
Agencies Start Issuing Back Pay
Federal employees who went unpaid due to the partial government shutdown are to start receiving their back pay as soon …More
