Management
OPM’s Goals for the Next 18 Months: Hire, Hire, Hire
The federal government’s human resources agency released a new strategic plan this week aimed at transforming the agency into a leader in governmental human capital management.
Pay & Benefits
The Biggest Raise in Two Decades, and More Pay News from the 2023 Budget Request
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Some Labor Authority and TSP Nominations Are Delayed After a Deadlocked Committee Vote
Although most of the nominees sailed through by voice vote, three of Biden’s key picks to govern federal labor relations and the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program were deadlocked in party-line votes.
Employee Policy
Biden’s budget focuses on making government a model employer
The WH fiscal 2023 budget proposal envisions reforms to federal hiring and internships—as well as restructuring regional Federal Executive Boards.
Pay & Benefits
Biden’s 2023 Budget Would Pay for TSA Raises and the Move to General Schedule
The Transportation Security Administration has begun the process of granting its employees full federal civil service rights, although it needs more than $1 billion in additional funding to end the pay disparity with General Schedule workers.
Workforce
Biden’s Budget Focuses on Making Agencies a ‘Model Employer’
Documents accompanying the president’s fiscal 2023 budget request envisions reforms to federal hiring, internships, and a restructuring of regional Federal Executive Boards.
Employee Policy
MSPB issues first precedent in 5 yrs
The Merit Systems Protection Board, which adjudicates discipline and removal actions taken against federal workers, is back in business and has created new precedent: determining that it cannot overrule laws that govern probationary periods.
Pay & Benefits
Biden Proposes a 4.6% Raise for Federal Workers for 2023
If enacted, the figure would mark the largest pay increase for federal employees in two decades.
Oversight
MSPB Has Issued Its First Bit of Precedent in Five Years
The body that adjudicates the validity of discipline and removal of federal workers decided that it cannot overrule laws governing probationary periods, even if an agency gave the employee bad info on when they end.
Workforce
GOP Lawmakers Are Blaming a Union for the EEOC's Omicron Reentry Delay
Both the agency and its union said they’re committed to serving the public and ensuring the return to offices is done safely and according to federal labor law.
Pay & Benefits
The Federal Pay Advisory Panel Can Finally Weigh In on Locality Pay and Other Issues Again
Biden nominates members to the Federal Salary Council, allowing it to move forward with compensation-related recommendations.
Pay & Benefits
A Retirement Glitch Affecting More Than 1,000 Customs and Border Employees Could Soon Be Fixed
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
Coast Guard Academy Leaders Shouldn't Make Diversity a 'Side Issue,' a New Report Says
The academy is committed to diversity but leaders need to be more proactive in promoting "cultural competence," a report from the National Academy of Public Administration finds.
Pay
OPM launches a toolkit to attract more women to SES
The push to recruit more women into the cadre of career government executives builds on a 2014 program—and comes amid news that, unlike the rest of the federal government, there is no gender pay gap in the Senior Executive Service.
Workforce
OPM Launches a Toolkit to Attract More Women to the SES
The effort to recruit more women into the cadre of career government executives builds upon a 2014 program and comes amid news that, unlike the rest of the federal government, there is no gender pay gap in the Senior Executive Service.
Employee Policy
EPA will return to ‘hybrid’ office in May
The agency and its union agreed this month to start bringing union workers back to facilities in May, albeit with expanded telework and remote work options.
Workforce
EPA Will Return to a ‘Hybrid’ Office in May
The agency and its union reached an agreement this month to begin bringing union workers back to facilities in May, albeit with expanded telework and remote work options.
Employee Policy
Some House Republicans want to re-effect Trump-era workforce policies
A dozen GOP lawmakers introduced a bill to revive the former president’s anti-union EOs plus an order that could politicize the civil service.
Workforce
Some House Republicans Want to Reinstall Trump Workforce Policies
A group of 12 lawmakers introduced a bill that would revive the former president’s anti-union executive orders and an order that could politicize the civil service.
Pay & Benefits