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Salary Council Formally Reports 32 Percent Pay Gap

Published: August 8, 2018

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

Published: August 1, 2018

Following is a congressional summary of provisions affecting civilian employees of DoD and government-wide in the annual DoD authorization bill. …More

MSPB Explains New Restrictions on Agencies Accessing Employee Medical Records

Published: July 25, 2018

Following is the portion of a recent posting on the MSPB site explaining a change in law enacted last year …More

EEOC Suggests Ways to Boost Women in Public Safety Jobs

Published: July 18, 2018

Following is the summary of a recent EEOC report on the low rate of women in public safety jobs in …More

OPM Sets Schedule to Carry Out Orders on Discipline, Bargaining

Published: July 11, 2018

Following are three sets of guidance OPM issued on carrying out President Trump’s recently issued executive orders—one on disciplinary practices, …More

OPM Finds Training of Supervisors to Be Inconsistent

Published: July 5, 2018

Following is an OPM memo to agencies on results of its study of training of new supervisors and follow-up training …More

Reorganization Would Improve Services to Federal Employees, Plan Says

Published: June 27, 2018

The administration says its government reorganization plan would improve services to federal employees by moving retirement and insurance services from …More

OSC Cites Successes in Retaliation Complaints

Published: June 20, 2018

Following is the section of the Office of Special Counsel’s recent annual report to Congress describing whistleblower retaliation complaints it …More

House, Senate Differ on Buyouts, Other Issues

Published: June 13, 2018

The two versions of the annual defense spending bill—passed by the House and ready for passage by the Senate—contain several …More

Pay for Performance Possible but Takes Much Work, Says MSPB

Published: June 6, 2018

Following is an article in a recent MSPB publication assessing the history and prospects for wider use of pay for …More

Orders on Discipline, Unions to Change Longstanding Policies

Published: May 30, 2018

Following are three executive orders issued May 25 that change longstanding policies on a range of disciplinary and union policies …More

Top Management Official Calls Civil Service Laws a ‘Relic’

Published: May 23, 2018

Following is testimony from OMB deputy director for management Margaret Weichert at a recent House hearing examining the impact on …More

CRS Provides Overview of FECA Program

Published: May 15, 2018

Following is the portion of recent testimony from the Congressional Research Service at a House hearing describing the FECA injury …More

Administration Adds Details to Benefit-Cutting Proposals

Published: May 8, 2018

Following is the narrative portion of an OPM message to Congress containing specific language to turn into law the Trump …More

GAO Examines Federal Employee vs. Contractor Costs

Published: May 2, 2018

Following is the summary of a review by GAO of a report produced by the Defense Department on comparing the …More

Understaffing, Lack of Training Found Common Across Agencies

Published: April 25, 2018

Following is the section of a recent report by the council of agency IGs on common problems across federal agencies …More

Administration Forms Task Force on Postal Reform

Published: April 18, 2018

Following is the text of a new executive order creating a task force on postal reform, a potential boost to …More

Impact of New Weather/Safety Leave Policies Explained

Published: April 11, 2018

Following are portions of a final notice of rule-making regarding the new “weather/safety” leave in which OPM addressed comments to …More

Special Pay Authorities Extended

Published: April 4, 2018

Following is a summary from OPM on the extension of several special pay authorities designed to make it more attractive …More

New Data on Workforce Demographics Released

Published: March 28, 2018

Following is a summary of a recent OPM report on the demographics of the federal workforce. Starting in 2011, OPM …More

Agenda Addresses Issues from Hiring to Firing

Published: March 21, 2018

Following is the section of the newly issued President’s Management Agenda dealing with federal employee personnel matters ranging from hiring …More

OPM Details Benefits Proposals Ahead of 2019 Budget Proposal

Published: March 14, 2018

Following is the section of a document OPM has sent to Congress in support of its fiscal 2019 budget proposal …More

Guidance Issued on Hatch Act Restrictions and Social Media

Published: March 6, 2018

Following is new guidance from the Office of Special Counsel detailing how Hatch Act restrictions on partisan political activities by …More

Long-Term Personnel Plan Focuses on Pay, Benefits

Published: February 27, 2018

Following is the section of OPM’s recently published strategic plan for 2018-2022 dealing with federal employee pay and benefit initiatives. …More

Government Reform Plan to Affect Personnel, Other Policies

Published: February 21, 2018

Following is a section of one of the documents accompanying the White House’s budget recommendations which says the administration soon …More

OPM Lays Out Priorities for Federal Workforce

Published: February 14, 2018

Following are key portions of a new OPM report laying out priorities for the federal workforce. The Federal Government is …More

VA Describes Strategies on Changes in Employee Rights

Published: February 7, 2018

Following is an excerpt from recent congressional testimony by VA secretary Dr. David Shulkin regarding how the department is carrying …More

OPM Invites New FEHB Plan Designs

Published: January 31, 2018

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

Published: January 23, 2018

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

Published: January 17, 2018

Following is the most recent guidance to agencies from OMB—in revisions to its Circular A-11 made last year—on shutting down …More

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