OPM Lists Key Considerations for Open Season
Following is a fact sheet that OPM sent to agencies on the key considerations for enrollees and potential enrollees in …More
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Enter your email to subscribe free! TSP Summarizes Policies on Catch-Up Investments
Following is a recent publication from the TSP summarizing policies on catch-up contributions, which are additional investments allowed for those …More
OPM Reorganization Would Raise Practical, Policy Issues, CRS Says
Following are sections from a CRS report on issues surrounding the Trump administration’s proposed reorganization of OPM. “Reorganizing the U.S. …More
Guidance Issued on Employee Personnel Records
Following is guidance from OPM on a provision of one of President Trump’s three executive orders on the federal workforce …More
OPM Encourages Agencies to Provide, Employees to Seek Coaching
Following is a question and answer document accompanying a recent OPM memo encouraging agencies to provide coaching to promote career …More
‘Urgent’ Issues at Stake in Dispute over Orders, Administration Says
Below is the section of a Justice Department filing with a federal appeals court in the dispute over President Trump’s …More
Planned Shift of Duties from OPM to GSA Outlined
Following is a recent Congressional Research Service report outlining the planned steps for transferring several operating branches of OPM to …More
MSPB Cites Benefits of Employee Autonomy
Following is the section of a recent MSPB research paper stressing the benefits to both employees and their agencies of …More
Changes to Financial Disclosure, Related Ethics Rules Explained
Following is a legal advisory from the Office of Government Ethics explaining recent changes to financial disclosure and related ethics …More
OPM Encourages Participation in Combined Federal Campaign
Following is an OPM memo to agencies urging participation in the Combined Federal Campaign, the annual federal workplace fund-raising drive. …More
Court Stresses Role That Law Gives Unions in Federal Workplace
In overturning parts of recent executive orders on federal personnel issues, a federal court found that those provisions would violate …More
40 Years after Reform Act, Many Issues Are the Same, Says MSPB
Following are excerpts from a recent MSPB publication looking back on the Civil Service Reform Act on its 40th anniversary …More
Political Activity Restrictions on Federal Employees
With the campaigning home stretch ahead, it’s important for federal and postal employees to understand which activities are permissible and …More
Salary Council Formally Reports 32 Percent Pay Gap
Following is the section of the recent Federal Salary Council report to the President’s Pay Agent on the pay gap …More
Defense Bill Affects Range of Personnel Policies
Following is a congressional summary of provisions affecting civilian employees of DoD and government-wide in the annual DoD authorization bill. …More
