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
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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
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
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
