How Retirement Benefits Compare Depends on How You Count, Says CBO
Following are questions submitted to the Congressional Budget Office and its responses, following a recent Senate hearing that focused in …More
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Enter your email to subscribe free!Postal Reform Bill Projected to Lower FEHB Premiums
Following is the section of a Congressional Budget Office cost analysis of a House postal reform bill assessing the bill’s …More
Recent Changes to Ethics Policies Summarized
Following is a summary from the Office of Government Ethics of changes to government-wide and agency-specific ethics policies enacted in …More
White House Gives Its Views on Current, Future Federal Workforce
Following are sections of the recent White House budget proposal directly discussing the federal workforce and the administration’s plans for …More
Court Issues Key Decision on Federal Employee Rights
Following is a summary by the MSPB of a court decision overturning restrictions on appeal rights for senior executives at …More
EEOC Summarizes Age Discrimination Policies
Following is a recent summary from the EEOC on the law barring age discrimination and how that law has been …More
GAO Sees Need for Broad Reforms in Personnel Policies
Following is a statement by a GAO witness at a recent Senate committee “roundtable” on potential changes in federal personnel …More
OPM’s List of Agency Options in Downsizing
Following is the portion of recent guidance from OPM on “reshaping” agency workforces that lists options available to them, including …More
OSC Summarizes Social Media Policies for Federal Employees
The Office of Special Counsel recently issued the following summary of policies regarding the use of social media by federal …More
Performance, Discipline among Priorities in OMB Workforce Plan
Following is the portion of the OMB memo on government reorganization that addresses how agencies are to reassess their workforces …More
OPM Presents Snapshot of Federal Workforce Profile
Following is information recently released by OPM on the demographic profile of the federal workforce. The typical federal civilian employee …More
OPM Provides Look into Official Time
Following is an explanation from a recent OPM report of the allowable uses of “official time” as well as a …More
Buyouts, Early Outs Called Valuable, Up to a Point
Following are key sections of a recent IG report examining the impact of a round of buyouts and early retirements …More
Threats, Violent Incidents at Federal Facilities Assessed
Following is a recent CRS report examining violent incidents at federal facilities, including a tally of nearly 1,000 incidents in …More
Trump Orders Agencies to Plan for Reorganization
Following is an executive order issued by President Trump this week requiring agencies to examine their operations with an eye …More
