Hiring Freeze Lifted, but Job Cuts Expected Ahead
The Trump administration has lifted the general federal hiring freeze it imposed as one of its first official actions, while …More
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OMB Signals Raise, Does not Commit to Buyouts, Early Outs
In announcing a Trump administration plan for reforming the federal workforce that includes workforce reductions, OMB director Mick Mulvaney confirmed in …More
Administration Lays Out Vision for Federal Workforce
The Trump administration’s plan for reforming the government and reducing the federal workforce (issued April 11), while ending the government-wide …More
OMB to Agencies: ‘Maximize Employee Performance’
As part of its overall plan for reforming the government and reducing the federal workforce OMB has told agencies to …More
More TSP Withdrawal Choices Proposed
A bipartisan bill (S-873) offered in the Senate would expand both in-service and post-separation withdrawal options in the TSP, loosening …More
Investment ‘Window’ Won’t Be Opening for a While
The proposed new legislation to create new withdrawal options for TSP investors has raised questions about another area in which …More
Viewpoint Survey Coming, Unchanged for Now
OPM in early May will begin sending out the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, an annual poll of what federal employees …More
Capitol Hill Interest in Changing Personnel Policies Signaled
The Senate Armed Services Committee, which often has acted as the starting point for personnel policy changes not only for …More
Personnel Policy Changes Often Hitch a Ride on DoD Bill
Changes to DoD personnel policies – including large ones such as the creation of the National Security Personnel System during …More
Union Representation Slips, but Official Time Rises
The share of federal employees represented by unions fell by about 19,000, about 1.5 percent, over 2012-2014 but the amount …More
I Fund Leads TSP in March
The international stock I fund posted the strongest gain among TSP funds in March, up 2.85 percent, compared with a …More
TSP Seeks to Loosen Beneficiary Designation Policies
The TSP has proposed to change its policies regarding designations of beneficiaries in to simplify making such designations. In a …More
Revival of Privatized Tax Debt Collection Begins
The IRS is again allowing collection of some tax debt by private companies, a program that could serve as a …More
GAO Stresses Limits of Benefits following Personal Data Thefts
Benefits of the sort made available to many current and retired federal employees due to the breaches of two OPM …More
Agency ‘Reshaping’ Rumblings Grow Louder
The likelihood that federal agency workforces will be “reshaped” – commonly seen as a synonym for “reduced” – continues to …More
Furlough Lesson from the Past: Uncertainty Is Certain
The furloughs caused by the 2013 “sequestration” budget limits followed the failure of political leaders to agree on other ways …More
Still No Word on OPM, MSPB Nominees
Now more than two full months in office, the Trump White House still has not nominated anyone to head OPM. …More
Curtailed Appeal Rights Government-Wide Proposed
Legislation (HR-1643) offered in the House would restrict federal employee appeal rights government-wide in disciplinary cases, building on already-enacted changes …More
All’s Quiet on the FEHB Front
The FEHB program would not have been directly affected by the proposal in the House, now abandoned, to repeal the …More
Bills on Bonuses, VA Smoking Areas Introduced
A new bipartisan Senate bill (S-696) would bar employees who commit misconduct that could lead to a suspension or stronger …More
New Innovation Office to Bring Business Principles to Gov
The White House has established a new Office of American Innovation to “bring together the best ideas from Government, the …More
OPM Points to Potential Use of Federal Employee Furloughs
OPM has reissued its guide to “administrative” furloughs—also called save-money furloughs—that calls attention to policies that last were widely used …More
Trump Team Silent on Federal Employee Pay, Benefits–for Now
President Trump’s initial budget request mentions no intended changes to federal benefits or workplace policies, but such proposals could be …More
Budget Attention Switches to Shorter-Term
With President Trump having made his initial proposals for the budget year starting in October–with fuller recommendations to follow in …More
DoD Extending Revised Performance Rating Program
DoD soon will bring more of its civilian employees under its Defense Performance Management and Appraisal Program. The program, part …More
Phone Scam Targeting Federal Retirees, OPM Says
OPM has issued a warning about an “aggressive” phone scam targeting federal retirees in which the caller claims to be …More
VA Disciplinary Bill Passes House but May Be Changed
The House has passed HR-1259, a bill to shorten the disciplinary process at the VA but the measure may face …More
Postal Reform, Whistleblower, Other Bills Advance
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has passed a bipartisan postal reform bill (HR-756), which would: give the USPS …More
Trump Budget Seeks Cuts in Most Federal Agencies
A budget proposal from the White House seeks to cut spending in most agencies apart from DoD, in the fiscal …More
Many Federal Jobs Could Be on the Line in First Trump Budget
The Trump administration is set to release its first formal budget proposal tomorrow (Thursday) and if early indications hold true, …More
