Bills Offered on TSA Employee Rights, Disabled Veterans
A newly offered House bill (HR-2309) would extend to TSA front-line employees the same bargaining and appeal rights applying to …More
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Federal retirees give their FEHB health insurance relatively high marks in terms of care and service as compared to a …More
Bills on Discipline, Employee Rights Advancing
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is set to advance S-696, to bar employees who commit misconduct that …More
USDA Offers Hope of Reorganizations without Job Cuts
In a signal that reorganizing a federal agency doesn’t necessarily mean job cutting, the Agriculture Department has outlined a plan …More
Proposals Coming Soon on Key Bills Affecting Federal Employees
With federal agency funding for the remainder of the current fiscal year now set, the White House is due to …More
Budget Plan Could Drive Agency Decisions Hiring, Separation Incentive
The White House budget plan, set to be released soon, typically describes government management initiatives to be pursued, along with …More
Budget Could Address Pay. Benefits, Personnel Policies
The pending budget proposal from the White House could signal any interest in pursuing federal employee policy reforms this year. …More
Federal Employees Doing ‘Tremendous Work,’ Trump Says
President Trump had some positive words for federal employees–a frequent target of his–in his proclamation on Public Service Recognition Week, …More
FEHB Still Untouched in Health Reform Debate
The revised version of a health insurance reform plan passed last week by the House, like its predecessor that the …More
TSP Finalizes Beneficiary Designation Change
The TSP has issued final rules requiring only one witness for designations of beneficiaries, ending a prior practice of requiring …More
Budget Agreement Ending Shutdown Threat Signed
Updated: The Senate has approved, and the President has signed, a $1.2 trillion budget deal funding the government through the …More
Budget Plan Continues Long-Standing Personnel Policies
The budget plan near final congressional approval for the remainder of the current fiscal year continues many long-standing federal personnel …More
VA Opens Office on Accountability, Whistleblowers
The new Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Office being created at the VA–the first but possibly not the last of such …More
Fallout from VA Scandal Just Keeps Coming
Creation of a special office on accountability and whistleblower protection is the latest in a long series of reactions to …More
Several Employee Protection Bills Advancing
The House has passed HR-657, to clarify that protections against retaliation apply to any federal employee who refuses to obey …More
I Fund Leads TSP in April
The international stock I fund led the way as all TSP funds posted gains in April, gaining 2.62 percent, followed …More
Skills in Medical, IT Fields Remain in High Demand
Several occupations related to the medical and IT fields are among the top 20 white-collar occupations in the government and …More
Update: Shutdown Threat Averted, for Now
Congress voted mid-day Friday (April 28) to put off for one week the threat of a partial government shutdown that …More
CBO Finds Slight Pay Advantage for Feds on Average
Federal employees on average make 3 percent more than private sector employees with comparable levels of education, CBO has said …More
Threat of Shutdown Still Hanging Over Federal Employees
With just two more working days after today (Wednesday) before spending authority for most agencies lapses, political leaders still have …More
Any of Several Outcomes to Shutdown Threat Are Possible
As is common ahead of pending lapses in agency funding authority, policy and funding issues have brought the government to …More
Federal Employee Benefits Are Superior, CBO Finds
A new CBO report finding that federal salaries on average are slightly ahead of the private sector’s for employees with …More
Other Agencies May Follow EPA’s Lead in Offering Incentives
The EPA’s announcement that it will offer early retirement and buyout incentive payments–pending approval by OPM–could be the first of …More
Chaffetz’s Pending Departure Leaves Uncertainty
The pending departure of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, could bring a change of direction …More
TSP to Get New Leader
TSP executive director Greg Long has announced he is leaving as of May 5, creating the first change in leadership …More
Quick Action Needed to Head off Federal Shutdown Threat
When Congress returns from its second straight week of recess, it will have only a few days to strike a …More
Budget Cuts Possible in Short, Long Runs
It appears that at least for now, Congress will put off a decision on a White House request to boost …More
Freeze Over, but Job Prospects Still Chilly
Although the general government-wide hiring freeze has been lifted–it lasted about as long as a similar freeze ordered in the …More
Unions Read ‘Reform’ Directive to Mean Contracting Out
Federal employee unions, always on the watch for signs the government may again pursue converting federal employee jobs to contractor …More
TSP Sending Participant Surveys
The TSP is conducting a participant survey, the first of its kind since 2013, asking about user experience and customer …More
