Whistleblowing Rights, Data Breaches Get Fresh Attention
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the main House panel overseeing federal employment matters, is focusing some of its …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersWhistleblower, Other Familiar Bills Set to Advance; Postal Reform Offered
Federal employees would gain additional protections against retaliation for whistleblowing under HR-657, set to be passed by the House Oversight …More
Hiring Freeze Only the First Step in Planned Federal Job Cutting
The general hiring freeze ordered Monday by President Trump is designed as only the first step in a larger effort …More
Trump Team Signals Interest in Targeting FEHB, Retirement
In announcing the hiring freeze, the White House termed the action a cost-saving move in response to what a press …More
Opposition to Freeze Voiced, but Little Chance for Impact
Reaction to President Trump’s federal hiring freeze memo fell along lines that had been drawn as far back as last …More
Time to Double-Check Pay Statements for Raise Impact
The average 2.1 percent general schedule pay raise that was effective in the first full pay period of the year, …More
Current Statements May Reflect Benefit Changes
The payment of a federal employee raise also may trigger higher coverage under FEGLI Basic and Option B, for those …More
Lineup Set on Key House Panel
The key House committee overseeing the federal workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, has set its lineup for the current Congress, …More
Trump Orders Hiring Freeze
President Trump has followed through on a campaign promise of a hiring freeze on non-military personnel. No vacant positions existing …More
Big Changes Expected for Federal Employees under Trump
On the eve of the inauguration of President Trump, federal employees are watching for the imposition of a hiring freeze …More
First Trump Budget Could Contain Detailed Workforce Plans
The new administration’s first major set of legislative proposals likely will come in the context of budget proposals to Congress. …More
Emphasis on Stronger Link between Pay and Performance Anticipated
One expected emphasis of the Trump administration regarding the federal workforce is a closer link between performance ratings and both …More
FEHB Plans Told to Stress Control of Drugs Costs
OPM has issued its annual “call letter” to FEHB carriers, which as in past years stresses cost-control steps, particularly regarding …More
FEHB Enrollees Still Getting Unexpected Bills, OPM Says
The annual OPM call letter setting terms for the FEHB for the following year says that while plans have taken …More
OPM Stresses Boost in Certain FEHB Benefits, Other Priorities
FEHB carriers “are beginning to make progress toward achieving diabetes control” but more needs to be done, OPM said in …More
Bills Offered on Tax Delinquency, Other Issues
Among bills offered in the new Congress’s early days was HR-396, to make those with seriously delinquent tax debt ineligible …More
Congress Returns to Focus on Federal Employee Accountability
The new Congress has in effect picked up where it left off in 2016, but with a busier agenda ahead …More
Still Few Details on Federal Hiring Freeze, Other Trump Plans
With little more than a week until it takes office, the incoming Trump administration still has provided little detail on …More
Federal Employee Pay, Retirement and Rights on Table for House
The chairman of the key House panel overseeing the federal workforce has said he will pursue a range of changes …More
OPM Cites Need for Civil Service Reforms
The civil service is “is long overdue for modernization,” OPM has said in an “exit memo” recapping the agency’s initiatives …More
OPM Facing Leadership Void at Crucial Time
The Trump transition team so far has remained silent on plans to nominate an OPM director, a position that Beth …More
Vacancies Limit MSPB Ability to Decide Federal Employee Appeals
The MSPB governing board is now down to only one member, following the resignation of chairman Susan Tsui Grundmann, whose …More
Benefits Bills Offered, Advance in Early Days of Congress
The House has passed HR-247, to expand and put into law a GSA policy allowing federal employees on official travel …More
Largest Federal Pay Raise Since 2010 Set to Take Effect, with Differences
The largest pay raise since January 2010 is set to take effect Sunday (January 8) for most federal employees, but …More
Note Impact of Pay Raise on TSP Investments
Getting a raise–whether a wide-scale one as is coming up or on an individual basis, such as on a promotion …More
All TSP Funds Post Gains for 2016
Each TSP fund produced a gain for calendar year 2016–the first time that has happened since 2012–led by the small …More
Changes to Administrative Leave, Boost in DoD Buyouts Signed
President Obama has signed into law the annual DoD authorization bill, a measure that, as it turned out, contained many …More
Holiday Schedule Reminder
The Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday will be observed nationwide on Monday the 16th but Inauguration Day on Friday …More
Interim Rules Broaden Veterans Preference
OPM has issued interim final rules to carry out a late-2015 change in law expanding “derived” veterans preference in federal …More
New Year Brings New Pay Raise for Federal Employees
The arrival of the new year brings changes in the financial pictures of federal employees and retirees, some due to …More
