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Travel Mileage Reimbursement Rates Fall, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
OPM Failed to Issue Guidance for D.C. Federal Workers During Insurrection
There was substantial warning ahead of the arrival of the group that violently stormed the U.S. Capitol seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election.
OPM Issues Guidance on Law Allowing Feds to Temporarily Carry Over More Annual Leave
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act allows all federal employees to carry over an additional 25% of unused leave due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It's Time to Rethink Employee Performance Management
The Trump administration’s plan to link layoffs to performance ratings is not credible because the ratings themselves are not credible.
OPM Proposes Prioritizing Job Performance Over Tenure in Layoffs
Officials at the Office of Personnel Management are seeking to finalize a provision of President Trump’s controversial workforce executive orders before he leaves office.
As White House Steps Up Schedule F Implementation, ‘Lawmakers Don’t Get It’
Recent moves by OPM are stoking fear that the Trump administration is accelerating plans to politicize federal jobs as the window closes on Congress’ ability to block the move.
Time Is Running Out for Feds to Change Health Insurance Elections for 2021
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Thanksgiving Meals for Military Families, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Proposed Executive Order for Biden Would 'Reinvigorate' Federal Workforce, Make OPM a Cabinet-Level Agency
The National Academy of Public Administration has drafted a directive that would reverse Trump's workforce edicts and elevate the federal government's personnel agency.
OPM Quietly Abandons Proposed Merger with GSA
The Trump administration’s merger plan was criticized by lawmakers in both parties and was eventually blocked by Congress.
The Speed of Workforce Change Is Undermining the Civil Service
Personnel practices rooted in blue collar work from the last century continue to hold government back.
Agencies to Have Wide Latitude In Deciding Which Jobs to Strip of Civil Service Protections
OPM issued initial instructions Friday for implementing a Trump executive order that allows federal policy-making positions to be converted from career jobs to at-will appointments.
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