Budget Would Impact Several Federal Workplace Policies
The Trump administration budget proposal contains several provisions potentially affecting the federal workforce apart from those affecting pay, benefits and …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersHearing Produces No Consensus on Pay, Benefit Comparisons
Experts on the issue of comparing federal pay and benefits with those of other workers failed to reach a consensus …More
Multi-Level Retirement System Idea Gains Some Interest
At a House hearing, several Republican members expressed interest in a proposal detailed there by a conservative think tank to …More
Buyouts, Early Outs Taking Shape at First Agency Offering Them
The amount of money that the EPA plans to set aside to pay buyout and early retirement incentives for employees …More
White House to Seek Cuts in Retirement Benefits
Update: See: Trump Budget Proposal Would Cost Federal Employees, Retirees Big Bucks Changes in federal retirement policies included in President Trump’s …More
House Takes Step toward Long-Sought Changes in Pay, Benefits
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has set a hearing for tomorrow on federal employee pay and benefits, potentially …More
New Bill on VA Employee Rights Could Break Logjam
A new bill in the Senate, offered with bipartisan support, could break the long-standing logjam in Congress over proposals to …More
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
Federal Retirees Give FEHB Relatively High Marks
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
