Panel Backs Increases in DHS Employment
The House Homeland Security Committee has approved a border security bill (HR-3548) that among other things calls for increasing staffing …More
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FEHB Premium Hike 6.1 Percent, Open Season Around Corner
The announcement of FEHB and FEDVIP premium rates for the 2018 plan year ends the annual process of OPM negotiating …More
Federal Employee Buyout Boost Stirs to Life in Congress
A Senate committee is scheduled to vote today (Wednesday) on a bill boosting the buyout maximum governmentwide for the first …More
Higher Buyout Amount Seen as Greater Lure for Federal Employees
Raising the standard maximum for buyout offers to federal employees from $25,000 to $40,000 has been touted by both the …More
Buyout Amount Boost May Not Open Floodgates
Legislation (S-1888) pending a committee vote in the Senate to increase the buyout maximum to $40,000 government-wide would not necessarily …More
Senate Budget Plan Silent on Potential Retirement Changes
The Senate Budget Committee is meeting this week to produce a budget outline for the fiscal year that started Sunday, …More
Most TSP Funds Start Fall with Rise
All but one of the TSP funds posted gains in September, with the small company stock S fund leading the …More
GAO Finds Little Evidence of ‘Burrowing In’
While “burrowing in”–the practice of political appointees converting to civilian positions–draws significant attention, especially around Presidential transition years, GAO once …More
Labor-Management Cooperation Effort Abolished
President Trump has dissolved the National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relations and its spin-off local “forums,” a main Obama administration …More
Almost All Federal Employees Fly Far Under New Air Travel Restrictions
OMB has issued a reminder to agencies on restrictions regarding official travel, although it likely will have little impact on …More
As Fiscal Year Ends, No Shutdown Threat but Many Federal Employee Issues Pending
Fiscal year 2017 ends Saturday (September 30) without the threat of a partial government shutdown and the kind of last-minute …More
Impact on Federal Employee Jobs of Reform Plans Still Unclear
With federal agencies finalizing their internal operations reform plans as directed by the White House, there still has been relatively …More
Outlook Mixed on Early Retirement, Buyout Offers
It is uncertain whether and to what extent agencies will use buyouts and early out incentives in the time immediately …More
Management of Incentive Offers Questioned
Several House members have written to OPM questioning how early retirement and buyout offers at the SBA were managed by …More
Proposed Cuts to Retirement Benefits Could Stir Anew
A package of potential cuts to federal retirement benefits that has been dormant for several months after passing the House …More
Capitol Hill Attention Could Turn to TSP, Other Issues
By putting off the annual late-September budget battles by continuing agency spending authority through early December, political leaders have given …More
Bonuses for Cost Savings Proposed
Legislation (S-1830) offered in the Senate would allow the payment of awards up to $10,000 to employees who identify waste, …More
House Passes Spending Bill But Still Opposes Restarting A-76 Process
In passing a spending bill for fiscal 2018 (HR-3354) covering most of the government last week, the House once again …More
Buyout Boost, Other Issues Still Not Settled
The Senate in passing its version of the annual DoD authorization bill on Monday (HR-2810) did not take up several …More
Federal Employees, Retirees Sought for Hurricane Relief Work
DHS has put out a call for federal employees to join its “surge capacity force” for special assignments for on-site …More
TSP Extends Relaxed Withdrawal Policies Due to Hurricanes
The TSP has extended to Hurricane Irma the same loosened in-service withdrawal policies it previously applied to Hurricane Harvey. Under …More
Reminder on FEGLI Changes Made Last Year
Any FEGLI coverage elections made during the open season last September will become effective as of the first pay period …More
Shutdown, Other Threats Delayed but Not Resolved
President Trump has signed into law a measure drafted and enacted quickly to push back to December 8 several deadlines …More
White House Repeats Calls for Higher Buyouts
The White House has repeated its calls for Congress to increase the buyout maximum to $40,000 government-wide, an issue that …More
Another Run at Base Closings to Be Attempted
As the Senate has taken up its version of the annual DoD authorization bill (S-1519), a compromise amendment has been …More
Senate Plan Targets Official Time
Among the amendments to the pending Senate defense authorization bill (S-1519) is one that would apply government-wide, targeting the use …More
Sexual Harassment Declining but Still a Problem, Says MSPB
Federal employees report sexual harassment as occurring less frequently than in the past, but such harassment “is still occurring, with …More
FEHB Announcement Pending
The annual announcement of premiums and plan offerings in FEHB for the upcoming plan year–that is, calendar year–typically is made …More
Congress Returns to Shutdown, Debt Ceiling, Budget Issues
Congress has returned from its summer recess to face the same issues it left behind more than a month ago, …More
Decisions in Limbo on Early Out, Buyout Offers for Federal Employees
The limited progress so far in Congress on budget issues has left uncertainty regarding agency funding levels for fiscal 2018, …More
