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
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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
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
IRS Reform Bill to Be Considered
Bipartisan leaders of the House committee that oversees the IRS plan to push a bill overhauling many of the agency’s …More
Performance Rewards Fund Still Undefined
Two months after the White House proposed creating a $1 billion fund to reward top-performing federal employees, the idea still …More
More Employees Report Seeing Prohibited Personnel Practices
More federal employees reported in 2016 that they had seen prohibited personnel practices in the workplace than in 2010, MSPB …More
FSA Claims Requirement Reminder
April 30 is the deadline for submitting claims against 2017 flexible spending accounts. For health care FSAs and “limited expense” …More
C, I Funds Suffer Losses in March
The TSP’s large company stock C fund dropped 2.55 percent in March and the international stock I fund also fell, …More
Budget Focus Shifts to Pay, Retirement Proposals
With Congress finally having set agency budgets for the current fiscal year — after bringing the government to the brink …More
Council to Consider GS Pay Policies
An advisory council on federal pay-setting that was dormant all of 2017 has set a meeting for April 10 at …More
Sexual Harassment Declining but Still a Problem, Says MSPB
Fewer federal employees reported experiencing recent workplace sexual harassment in a 2016 survey than in prior surveys but it “continues …More
MSPB Identifies Most Common Forms of Harassment
A new MSPB report on sexual harassment in the government found that some types of harassing behavior are much more …More
After Harassment, Few Formal Complaints but Lasting Impact
MSPB’s new study of sexual harassment in the federal workplace found that most of those who reported that they had …More
Postal Reform Bill Would Impact Health Insurance
A bipartisan group of senators has offered a postal reform bill that among other things would substantially revise health insurance …More
Expansion of Appeal Rights Again Proposed
A newly introduced bipartisan House bill (HR-5355) would overturn a court ruling that restricted MSPB appeal rights of employees in …More
Weather / Safety Leave Rules Delayed
OPM has delayed implementation of new policies governing when agencies may dismiss employees with pay and without charge to paid …More
$1.3 Trillion Budget Deal Signed; No Shutdown
Congress has passed and the President has signed a $1.3 trillion budget measure ending the threat of another government shutdown, …More
