TSP
The TSP service transition is not going well ...
Reporter Erich Wagner joins our partner site's podcast to discuss his reporting on the Thrift Savings Plan’s new web-based services following the transition to a new recordkeeper.
Benefits
Abortions, to a limited degree, will continue on DOD bases
“There will be no interruption to this care,” the Pentagon said in a memo.
Benefits
OPM: If you need to travel for medical care, you can use sick leave
The federal government’s HR agency confirmed that federal employees may use sick leave to travel to obtain reproductive health services. However, the measure falls short of employee groups’ request for paid administrative leave after abortion ruling.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The TSP Service Transition is Not Going Well
Erich Wagner joins the podcast to discuss his reporting on the Thrift Savings Plan’s new web-based services following the transition to a new recordkeeper.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: If You Need to Travel for Medical Care, You Can Use Sick Leave
The federal government’s HR agency confirmed that federal employees may use sick leave to travel to obtain reproductive health services, although the measure falls short of employee groups’ request for paid administrative leave after abortion ruling.
Benefits
Agencies are responding to the Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling. Here's how.
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees’ access to in-state reproductive health services disappeared Friday after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Are Responding to the Supreme Court's Abortion Ruling. Here's How.
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees’ access to in-state reproductive health services disappeared Friday after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade.
Employee Policy
Coronavirus roundup: Free, accessible tests for the visually impaired, and more
Here’s a list of recent COVID news updates and stories you may have missed.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: The Federal Government Role in Student Loan Servicing… And How It Can Be Fixed
The Student Borrower Protection Center's Ben Kaufman joins the podcast to discuss how the Department of Education is involved in education debt.
Workforce
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Works… Sometimes
Readers share their experiences with the Education Department program that was recently overhauled. Challenges still remain, though the October changes did help many.
Workforce
GovExec Daily: Your Stories of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Public servants talk to the podcast about how they have experienced the good and the bad of the Department of Education forgiveness program.
Pay
Union: A request to raise gas reimbursement rates to reflect skyrocketing prices
One fed employee union this week pressed for higher fuel reimbursements, citing rapidly rising gas prices—along with a weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Financial Planning
GAO tags unemployment insurance as 'high risk'
The government watchdog says more than $78 billion in improper unemployment insurance payments were made in fiscal year 2021. The report cites fraud, poor customer service, inequitable access, legacy tech and staffing shortages as key drivers of failure.
Pay & Benefits
A Request to Raise Gas Reimbursement Rates to Reflect Skyrocketing Prices, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
TSP
TSP participants bemoan bumpy recordkeeper transition
Feds and retirees are reporting 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.
Pay
Podcast: How to negotiate your salary… and everything else
Author Jotham S. Stein joins our partner site GovExec's podcast, and discusses how to gain leverage in work negotiations.
Employee Policy
Most of the COVID-19 workforce were women of color. What Happens now as those jobs end?
Women of color took on the majority of new jobs created during the pandemic to do contact tracing, and to test and vaccinate Americans, experts said. But as sites ramp down, the future of that workforce is now uncertain.
Management
USDA Launches Outreach Project for a Key Nutrition Program
The WIC program struggles with participation and retention rates, but a new push is afoot to identify eligible recipients.
Retirement