
- TSP Officials Promise Service Will Improve After a Difficult Transition to the New Recordkeeping System - June 29, 2022
Erich Wagner, Government Executive -
Staffing at the call center that serves participants of the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program has already increased 66%, with more on the way.
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- House Armed Services Approves NDAA with a Higher Price Tag - June 27, 2022
John M. Donnelly, CQ Magazine
The House Armed Services Committee approved, 57-1, early on Thursday a fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act that would allow President Joe Biden to spend more than he asked for on national security.
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- Coming Soon: More Regs and Bills to Help Modernize the Federal Workforce - June 24, 2022
Erich Wagner, Government Executive -
Reforms will ease the process of everything from attracting new talent to processing retirement claims, says OPM Director Kiran Ahuja.
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- Federal Employees Trust Career Leaders above Appointees, Says Report - June 21, 2022
Federal Manager's Daily Report, FEDweek -
Federal employees overall have more trust in career leaders than in politically appointed ones, and more trust in those they work closely with, says a report from the Partnership for Public Service.
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- A 2023 Pay Raise Update, and More - June 15, 2022
By Erich Wagner, Government Executive
A House panel on Wednesday unveiled its fiscal 2023 appropriations bill for financial services and general government, providing insight as to where lawmakers are headed on a potential 2023 pay raise for federal employees.
The House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on financial services and general government has scheduled a markup for the bill Thursday, when members will have the opportunity to propose amendments to the package before it heads to the House floor. The bill includes a $9 million increase to the White House Office of Administration over fiscal 2022, in part to pay for newly paid internships in the Executive Office of the President, a $1 billion increase to the Internal Revenue Service, as well as $75 million increase to the budget of the Office of Personnel Management.
The bill also serves as the vehicle by which Congress may overrule the president’s pay raise plan for federal workers. But at least in the initial version of the bill, it makes no mention of changes to federal employee compensation, effectively endorsing President Biden’s pay plan.- Read More
- How CSRS Employees Are Impacted by Social Security’s WEP and GPO Provisions - June 14, 2022
Chris Kowalik, My Federal Retirement -
Most federal employees know that CSRS employees aren’t normally eligible for Social Security. Unlike FERS employees, CSRS employees don’t contribute to the Social Security program, so it’s not shocking to learn that they’re not eligible to get a Social Security benefit once they retire. However, sometimes CSRS employees can be eligible for certain benefits from the Social Security program. So, what can CSRS employees expect from Social Security?
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- The TSP Board's Nominees Have Now Been Confirmed, With One Exception - June 13, 2022
Erich Wagner, Government Executive -
Biden's pick to chair the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program’s board must go through a more arduous process.
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- TSP Participants Bemoan Bumpy Recordkeeper Transition - June 8, 2022
Erich Wagner, Government Executive -
Federal employees and retirees have reported problems with setting up new accounts for online access to the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program, and the agency’s call center has been deluged.
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- Most of Biden's TSP Nominees Are Free to Be Confirmed, Now That GOP Senators Have Lifted a Hold - June 3, 2022
By Erich Wagner, Government Executive
A group of Republican senators on Thursday announced that they had lifted their hold that had made it more difficult for President Biden’s nominees to the agency that administers the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program to advance. The announcement came after the nominees committed to being “highly skeptical” of changes that would introduce Chinese investments to the Thrift Savings Plan.
In April, Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., all placed holds on four nominees to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board who have advanced out of committee: Leona Bridges, Stacie Olivares, Dana Bilyeu and Michael Gerber.- Read More
- OMB ‘heavily focused’ on early-career recruitment in President’s Management Agenda - June 2, 2022
By Drew Friedman, Federal News Network
Many agencies benefit from recruiting more early-career workers to both address the challenge of a growing retirement-eligible population, as well as find new ways to solve problems.
With a different perspective, early-career workers become even more important to the future of the federal workforce, said Pam Coleman, the Office of Management and Budget’s associate director for performance and personnel management.
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- OPM Proposes Prioritizing Job Performance Over Tenure in Layoffs - December 18, 2020
- By Erich Wagner, Government ExecutiveThe Office of Personnel Management on Thursday proposed regulations that would prioritize employees’ recent performance over their length of service when agencies decide who to lay off during reductions in force.
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- BOTH STAFF CUTS AND BUDGET INCREASES FOR FY 2019 - July 13, 2017
Staff Cuts and Budget Increases Are Both on Tap for 2019
By Eric Katz, Government Executive
The Trump administration has provided federal agencies with the latitude to request up to a 5 percent funding boost in fiscal 2019, saying the White House may accommodate a “limited number” of programmatic increases in its final blueprint.
Generally, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said in a memorandum to department and agency heads, agencies should keep their 2019 spending requests in line with what the White House spelled out in the fiscal 2018 budget submission. They should also, however, “identify additional investments in effective programs that further support their mission and fill a clear federal role.”
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- Agencies Could Rehire, Promote Former Employees With New OPM Regulatory Fix - December 24, 2019
- By Nicole Ogrysko, Federal News NetworkThe Office of Personnel Management wants to help agencies rehire former employees who have left government — and offer a non-competitive promotion to a higher grade level to sweeten the deal.In a proposed rule, which is scheduled for publication later this week, OPM will recommend new regulations that will allow agencies to non-competitively reappoint former employees to other positions at a higher grade level than when they left government.
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- How The Government Wants Agencies To Regulate AI - January 14, 2020
- By Andrew Eversden, Federal TimesThe Office of Management and Budget released a draft memorandum Jan. 13 providing guidance to agencies on how they should approach regulation of industry’s artificial intelligence applications.The guidance emphasizes that agencies should consider how any regulatory action would potentially hinder expansion of AI use. The draft memo “calls on agencies, when considering regulations or policies related to AI applications, to promote advancements in technology and innovation."
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