VA Describes Strategies on Changes in Employee Rights
Following is an excerpt from recent congressional testimony by VA secretary Dr. David Shulkin regarding how the department is carrying …More
Issue Briefs
Enter your email to subscribe free!OPM Invites New FEHB Plan Designs
Following is the annual call letter from OPM to FEHB carriers for the 2019 plan year. Quality and Affordable Coverage …More
How Shutdown Affected Employee Appeals
Following are the pertinent sections of fact sheets regarding the impact the government shutdown had on federal personnel disputes issued …More
OMB’s Guidance to Agencies on Shutting Down
Following is the most recent guidance to agencies from OMB—in revisions to its Circular A-11 made last year—on shutting down …More
MSPB Questions Value of Longer Probationary Periods
Following is an article from a recent MSPB publication that in sum questions the value of proposals to lengthen the …More
OPM Guidance Addresses Details of 2018 Raises
Following are three sets of guidance from OPM regarding the January federal pay raises. Subject: January 2018 Pay Adjustments The …More
Telework Rates Increasing Slightly, Says OPM
Following is the executive summary of OPM’s latest annual report on telework in the federal workforce, showing that while the …More
OPM Lays Out Administration’s Labor-Management Approach
Following is OPM guidance to agencies on labor-management relations in the wake of President Trump’s order abolishing the Obama administration-created …More
Standard Set on Involuntary Retirement
Following is a summary by the Merit Systems Protection Board of a recent decision (No. 2016-2542) by the Court of …More
Report Reviews Pay, Other Practices in Shutdowns
Following is the portion of a Congressional Research Service report that focuses on pay practices during government shutdowns in particular …More
Report Shows Differing Views of Probationary Period
Following is a House report on a pending bill to double the standard federal employee probationary period to two years, …More
Gift Policy Reminder
Following is an Office of Government Ethics summary of policies governing gifts between executive branch employees. Subpart C of 5 C.F.R. part 2635 …More
Defense Bill Addresses Range of Personnel Policies
Following is a summary of key personnel policies contained in the annual DoD budget, now ready for final voting in …More
OPM Issues Guidance on Career Development Programs
Following are highlights of recent OPM to agencies on designing and carrying out programs for career development of federal employees …More
Report Explains Whistleblower Protection Bill
Following is the portion of a congressional report on a bill now signed into law that is designed to strengthen …More
