Injury Compensation COLA Set
Benefits under the FECA workers’ compensation program will increase by 2.2 percent in April, following completion of the count toward …More
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USDA to Limit Telework to 2 Days Per Pay Period
The Agriculture Department has issued new policy on telework that among other things generally limits employees to two days of …More
Shutdown Closer as Senate Fails to Pass Extension
Updated: Senate failes to pass funding extension. Congress had until midnight Friday (January 19) to head off, for what would …More
Concerns Raised about VA Building Security
VA medical facilities “have been the target of violence, threats, and other security-related incidents” but the department is not in …More
Yet Another Shutdown Threat Approaching
Congress has returned from its holiday recess to face yet another deadline–this one midnight January 19–to prevent a partial government …More
Reminder on Pay, Other Policies of Shutdowns
Although many federal employees say they are suffering from shutdown threat fatigue, should the threat turn into reality–and the chances …More
VA Reports Increase in Discipline after Gaining New Powers
The VA has reported a surge in disciplinary cases against its employees in the second half of 2017, dating from …More
Many Disclosures Not Actually Whistleblowing, Says VA
Nearly half of what are commonly deemed whistleblowing disclosures don’t actually involve the types of violations that whistleblower protection law …More
Tax Bill Provision on CPI Causing Confusion
A provision in the recently enacted tax law regarding an inflation index is causing some confusion regarding its potential impact …More
Data Breach Affects Nearly 250,000 DHS Employees
DHS has sent notices to nearly 250,000 of its employees that a database used by its IG’s office has been …More
USPS Offering Round of Early Retirements
The Postal Service is offering a round of early retirements–although not accompanied by buyout offers–to some 26,000 employees, with those …More
New Year Brings New Finances
The arrival of the new year brings changes in the financial pictures of federal employees and retirees, some due to …More
For TSP Investors, ’17 Was a Very Good Year
The three stock-oriented TSP investment funds posted strong gains in 2017, in turn pulling up returns of the lifecycle L …More
One TSP Investment Limit Rises, One Flat
The investment limit on tax-favored retirement savings plans such as the TSP is rising from $18,000 to $18,500. That’s the …More
Social Security Figures Rise
The Social Security withholding “FICA” tax of 6.2 percent will to apply to 2018 salary or self-employment earnings up to …More
Some Medicare Costs Rise, Others Stay Level
The 2018 Medicare Part B (physicians and related services) premium is $134 a month for most enrollees–an increase for most …More
Key Interest Rate Rises
The interest paid in the voluntary contribution retirement savings program available to CSRS (but not FERS) employees will rise to …More
2018 Pay Raise Order Issued
President Trump has signed an executive order for a 2018 pay raise, showing that the average 1.9 percent raise that …More
Move to Cut Benefits Possible in January
With the latest partial government shutdown threat just recently avoided, federal employee organizations already are warning that the next deadline …More
Some Expectations Met in 2017, Others Not
For the federal workforce, the first year of the Trump administration in some ways played out as many had predicted, …More
Civil Service Reform Ideas Mostly Left to 2018
During 2017 neither the Trump administration nor civil service leaders in Congress made a serious move toward changing basic federal …More
Open Season Choices About to Take Effect
Insurance elections made during the recent benefits open season take effect in January–as of the first of the month for …More
Much of Telework is Not Regularly Scheduled
OPM’s latest report on telework by federal employees, covering 2016, shows that of employees deemed eligible to telework 48 percent …More
Management Resistance Still a Main Telework Barrier
The latest OPM report on telework, like those of past years, points to management resistance as a major barrier to …More
Shutdown Threat Kicked Down the Road Again
Congress on Thursday (December 21) delayed by a month the threat of a partial government shutdown, agreeing to the latest …More
Lack of Manager Training, Budgets Block use of Pay Enhancements, Incentives
Federal agencies have a number of ways to improve the compensation of their employees if salaries for their occupations are …More
Recruitment, Other Cash Incentives Concentrated on a Few
To the extent that agencies are using financial incentives available to them for their employees at all, the money is …More
OPM: More FEHB Choices Could Increase Competition, Lower Costs
OPM has proposed rules to address what it called an anomaly in FEHB rules, with the intent of expanding choice …More
Tax Changes Would Burden Already-Strapped IRS, Union Says
The passage by Congress of a package of tax changes would add new responsibilities to the IRS, which already is …More
Agencies Updating Plans for Employee Furloughs in Shutdown
With just over a week to go before another budgetary deadline threatening a partial government shutdown, a number of agencies …More
