Time Growing Short to Reform the Reform Act This Year
Time is growing short for action this year in Congress on one of the major initiatives announced by the Trump …More
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Court Yet to Rule on Request to Delay Executive Orders
A federal district court is yet to rule on a request by a coalition of federal unions to temporarily block …More
DoD Restricts Use of Trackable Devices, both Official and Personal
DoD has restricted use of “geolocation features and functionality on government and nongovernment-issued devices, applications and services” in locations designated …More
OPM Reminds Agencies of Obligations to Breastfeeding Employees
OPM has posted a reminder to agencies of their obligations to accommodate employees who are breastfeeding, saying that “supportive work-life …More
Fallout from Executive Orders Continues; Courts to Weigh in
A federal court could rule at any time on a request by a number of unions representing federal workers to …More
Senate Approves 1.9 Percent Raise
Update: The Senate has approved a $153.2 billion spending bill tying together several of the regular annual appropriations measures including the …More
Work Underway to Shift OPM Policy Offices to White House; Phased Reorganization
Working groups already are in place to shift OPM’s policy offices to the White House and break off its operating …More
Limited Exception on FEHB, FEDVIP Eligibility to End
OPM has issued a final rule affirming that a special exception allowing the children of a same-sex domestic partner to …More
Career SES Ranks Steady, Makeup Little Changed
The number of career positions in the SES, the highest level to which career federal employees typically can aspire, held …More
TSP Stock Funds Heat Up in July
The TSP’s common stock C fund gained 3.72 percent in July, the international stock I fund 2.45 percent and the …More
Chances Dim for Boosting Buyout Payments
The final version of the annual DoD authorization, which has emerged from a House-Senate conference, does not contain a much-anticipated …More
OPM Reviewing Pay, Leave, Performance Policies
OPM says it is continuing to review federal employment policies on pay, leave and performance for possible additional administrative actions …More
Parts of Reorganization Plan to Launch in Autumn, Says OMB
The Trump administration expects to begin carrying out in the fall the portions of its recently released agency reorganization plan …More
Impact of Proposed Changes to OPM to Be Examined
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has scheduled hearings for this week on the Trump administration’s proposal to …More
House Cool with Pay Freeze, but Senate Set to Back 1.9 Percent Raise
The House has approved a fiscal 2019 spending bill (HR-6147) that effectively endorses President Trump’s recommendation to keep federal salary …More
Growing Backlog Awaits MSPB Nominees
The MSPB governing board could have a full complement of members soon, following a hearing at which the three nominees …More
Bills on Parental Leave, Relocation Taxes Offered
Among bills recently introduced in Congress are: S-3236, to put in law and extend a recent GSA policy addressing an …More
Panel Backs Faster Discipline, Weaker Appeal Rights for Federal Employees
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has passed bills to tighten the deadlines in the federal workplace disciplinary notice …More
Split Remains on Special VA Disciplinary Policies
A year after enactment of a law revamping disciplinary policies at the VA there was consensus at a House hearing …More
GAO Urges Focus on Employees in Reorganization as Senate Starts Review of Plan
Reorganizing and reforming federal agencies is achievable but it is “a major endeavor” that depends on following steps such as …More
House Set to Vote on Spending Bill Providing No 2019 Raise
The House could vote as soon as this week on an annual spending bill (HR-6147) that like similar measures of …More
Pushback Builds on Executive Orders as Agencies Implement Them
As federal agencies are imposing new restrictions on employee unions in response to President Trump’s recent executive orders, unions and …More
New Law Will Aid Whistleblowers, Says OSC; Hearing Set on MSPB Nominees
The Office of Special Counsel has said that a recently enacted law (P.L. 115-195) allowing federal employees to appeal MSPB …More
Impact of Orders on Discipline, Unions Begins; More Ahead
Some work to carry out President Trump’s three recent executive orders on discipline, performance and bargaining is underway but much …More
Orders Require Policy Changes when Contracts End, Says OPM
In guidance to agencies, OPM has said that President Trump’s recent three executive orders do not “abrogate provisions of existing …More
OPM Tells Agencies to Cut Back and Closely Monitor ‘Official Time’
OPM has said that its review “is well underway” of policies regarding official time—on the clock time for employees with …More
Final Decisions on Pay, Benefits Issues Could Wait until Fall
Congress is back in session following a week-long recess but it expects to work for only three more weeks before …More
Locality Pay Changes Would Benefit More than 63,000 Federal Employees
More than 63,000 GS employees would receive a special pay increase through the creation of four new localities–in the Birmingham, …More
Creating New Localities Would Have Varying Impacts in Federal Workforce
The short-term impact of proposed rules to create four new GS localities and expand the boundaries of two others in …More
No Proof that Breached OPM Data Was Misused, Justice Department Says
The Justice Department has said that contrary to an earlier announcement by one of its U.S. Attorney’s Office, there is …More
