House Recesses without Deciding on Proposed Retirement Benefit Cuts
The House has started a recess that will last through Labor Day—and the Senate soon will follow—without holding a floor …More
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Senate to Leave Benefits, Buyout Issues on the Table
It’s now unlikely that the Senate will even begin the process of producing a budget blueprint as a companion to …More
Changes to VA Hiring, Pay, Career Development Policies Approved
Congress has sent to President Trump a bill (S-114) making a number of changes in hiring and other VA personnel …More
New TSP Executive Director Named; I Fund Leads in July
The TSP governing board has chosen as the new executive director of the program Ravindra Deo, who has filled that …More
TSP, Official Time Bills Advance
A Senate committee has joined its House counterpart in backing widened TSP withdrawal options, boosting prospects for enactment of a …More
VA, DHS, DoD Account for Most of Job Growth
OPM has published a new statistical breakdown of the federal workforce, showing that as a percentage of the overall American …More
OPM Nominee Reportedly Withdraws
George Nesterczuk, the nominee to head OPM, reportedly has withdrawn from consideration, following opposition from federal employee unions that focused …More
Hits to Retirement Benefits Planned, but Path Uncertain
The future is uncertain for a House committee-passed budget blueprint for the fiscal year that starts in October, a measure …More
House Budget Plan Envisions 10 Percent Job Cut
A report on a budget blueprint for fiscal 2018 passed last week by the House Budget Committee reveals that the …More
Consideration of Raise Set to Advance, Then Stop
The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to begin work today (Wednesday) on the general government appropriations bill, the key measure …More
Lesson from EPA on Buyouts/Early Outs: Be Prepared
A round of early retirement and buyout offers at the EPA, being watched for the precedent it may set for …More
White House Again Pitches Base Closings; Congress Balks
The White House and the congressional Armed Services Committees have been engaging in a testy exchange–unusually so, given that Republicans …More
No Way to Quantify Value of Job Security, Says CBO
The CBO has said there is no reliable way to quantify a factor often mentioned in the context of comparisons …More
House Bill Would Extend Restrictions on Appeal Rights
A newly offered House bill, HR-3257, would apply government-wide many of the restrictions on employee rights recently enacted for the …More
House Budget Plan Backs Higher Contributions
Federal employees would have to pay more toward their retirement benefits under a spending plan that the House Budget Committee …More
Policies on Excused Absence Being Overhauled
OPM has proposed rules to overhaul a variety of policies regarding when federal employees can be excused from duty with …More
New Forms of Leave Being Created
Recently proposed regulations from OPM create as new forms of leave several situations in which administrative leave commonly has been …More
Prospects of Pay Raise by Default Advance a Step
Prospects for federal employees receiving a pay raise in January by default have advanced a step with approval by the …More
Panel Set to Act on Broadened TSP Withdrawals, Employee Awards
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a vote for today (Wednesday) on HR-3031, to broaden TSP withdrawal …More
Congress Silent So Far on Buyout Boost
Neither the House nor Senate have moved so far on the administration’s request to add language to the pending DoD …More
40K Buyout Proposed Government-wide
The administration has proposed increasing the maximum value of buyout payments to $40,000 government-wide from the $25,000 maximum that hasn’t …More
Impact of Higher Buyout Amount Uncertain
The potential impact of the administration’s proposal to raise the government-wide buyout amount from $25,000 to $40,000 remains uncertain. Some …More
Plan on Tight Budgets, Personnel Cuts, OMB Tells Agencies
OMB has told agencies to plan for fiscal year 2019 spending levels reflecting the administration’s proposals for fiscal 2018, and …More
Time Growing Tight to Continue Agency Funding, Address Debt Limit
Time already is growing short for Congress and the White House to make decisions on key budget matters affecting federal …More
House Set to Vote on Bill Affecting Benefits, Base Closings Request
The House plans to vote this week on HR-2810, the annual DoD authorization bill that would deny the Pentagon’s request …More
VA Begins Publicizing Disciplinary Actions
The VA has posted online the first of what it says will be weekly reports on disciplinary actions it has …More
House Backs Broader Anti-Discrimination, Whistleblowing Protections
The House has passed HR-702, designed to strengthen federal employees’ protections against discrimination and retaliation for whistleblowing. Under the bill, …More
House Bill Would Clear Way for Raise, Resumed Contracting Out
The early version of a key appropriations bill is silent regarding a federal pay raise in January, the first step …More
Mid-Year Is Good Time to Review TSP Investments
The midpoint of the year is a good time for FERS employees to make sure they won’t lose government contributions …More
TSP Catch-up Election Reminder
Mid-year is a good point for federal employees who are age 50 or above, or who will be before the …More
