Senate panel to vote this morning on nominees to lead OPM, Census Bureau
Two Obama administration candidates for nuts-and-bolts jobs are scheduled to get confirmation votes at 10 a.m. today from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. First up,...
View ArticleNARFE debuts retirement ticker to show federal brain drain
How to dramatize the largely hidden loss of experience and expertise as federal workers call it quits? Here’s the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association’s solution: On its web site,...
View ArticleOPM administering new benefits survey
The Office of Personnel Management is again asking feds what they think of their benefits, according a recently posted memo on the agency’s web site. OPM will be administering the Federal Employee...
View ArticleOne man, two wives and an annuity
Nearly a decade after he died, the complicated marital turnabouts of a U.S. Forest Service employee named Don King gave rise Friday to a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit....
View ArticleWhat’s your take on the FEHBP 2014 health plan rates?
Hi everyone: As most Federal Times readers probably know, the Office of Personnel Management yesterday announced 2014 rates for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, both for health plans as...
View ArticleGovernment shutdown begins
The closing of a vast swath of government operations is now under way as this Office of Management and Budget memo makes clear. The U.S. Agriculture Department, meanwhile, has wasted no time taking...
View ArticleToday’s holiday just another furlough day for many feds
Officially, today (i.e., Oct. 14, marking Columbus Day) remains on the books as a paid federal holiday. But because of the partial government shutdown, only a limited number of federal employees are...
View ArticleShutdown over: Federal employees should report to work Thursday morning. Back...
The 16-day partial government shutdown is officially over as President Obama has signed a stop-gap spending bill, Office of Management and Budget Director Sylvia Burwell said in a message released...
View ArticleArchuleta sworn in as OPM director
Katherine Archuleta officially became the 10th director of the Office of Personnel Management this morning following a private swearing-in ceremony, the agency said in a news release. Archuleta,...
View ArticleTired of watching the Redskins lose? Check out OPM’s updated bad weather policy.
Attention, Washington, D.C.-area feds: With the scene outside looking a lot more frightful than delightful Sunday afternoon, what better time to tear yourself away from the Redskins debacle and get...
View ArticleIs the administration moving to include transgender care in federal health...
The short answer? Maybe. Dive into the longer but far more satisfying answer below… While some company and local government health plans cover care for transgender policy-holders, the Federal...
View ArticleOPM: Washington, D.C. area offices open Friday
No Friday snow day for feds in the D.C. region. That’s the word from Office of Personnel Management; although the weather remains exceedingly messy late Thursday night, it’s evidently not messy enough...
View ArticleHow many people at your agency are retirement-eligible?
For all the talk of a looming “retirement tsumani” throughout the federal workforce, the picture is actually a lot more nuanced. Some agencies–or agency components–have a ratio of retirement-eligibles...
View ArticleBreaking: D.C.-area federal offices closed today
With a major winter storm moving in, federal agencies in the Washington, D.C. region are closed today, the Office of Personnel Management has announced. As usual, emergency staff and telework-ready...
View ArticleD.C.-area federal offices open Wednesday under delayed arrival
Federal offices in the Washington, D.C. region will be open Wednesday, but with employees allowed to arrive up to two hours later than usual, according to an Office of Personnel Management advisory....
View ArticleWashington, D.C.-area federal offices are open Wednesday
The icy rain pelting the D.C. region notwithstanding, federal agencies are open today, the Office of Personnel Management says, but employees have the option of unscheduled leave or unscheduled...
View ArticleSo what’s up with agency attrition rates?
Every year, tens of thousands of federal employees retire or otherwise leave their jobs. But some agencies have much higher turnover rates than others. That data nugget is buried in a recent Government...
View ArticleWashington, D.C-area feds getting a snow day
Federal offices in the Washington, D.C. area will be closed Thursday, the Office of Personnel Management has announced. The early call came Wednesday evening as snow is already accumulating. As usual,...
View ArticleWashington, D.C. federal offices open under two-hour delay Friday
After getting a snow day Thursday, federal employees in the D.C. region can arrive up to two hours late at their offices Friday, and also have the option of unscheduled leave or telework, the Office...
View ArticleReport shows where CFC pledges go
By all accounts, pledges to the 2013 Combined Federal Campaign are going to be down by tens of millions of dollars in comparison with the 2012 CFC. This is, of course, money that mostly goes to...
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