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Human Resources Changes Include Sick Leave Credit for FERS Employees and Abolishing NSPS
The Senate has approved a bill that will change a number of current human resources policies and includes changing the FERS retirement system to allow employees under this system to get credit for unused sick leave.
Posted: October 23, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Paying for Health Insurance Reform: 40% Tax on Federal Health Plans
How will America pay for costs associated with changing the nation's health care system? Many readers have a "Cadillac health plan." Two Congressmen are concerned that a proposed tax of 40% on the FEHB will be unpopular among their federal constituents.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Health Insurance Premiums Going Up: How to Get Some of Your Money Back
Your health insurance premiums are going up an average of 8.8% next year and for many readers, the increase will be even larger. How can you get some of this extra cost back in the form of extra benefits?
Posted: October 18, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
$250 Payment for Social Security Recipients and Federal Retirees
Social Security recipients and federal retirees may get a one-time payment of $250. This is a $13 billion dollar program proposed because no COLA increase is expected for Social Security recipients (or federal retirees) due to low inflation as measured by the CPI.
Posted: October 15, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Draft Executive Order on Federal Labor Relations (Oct. 1, 2009)
This is the draft of an executive order on federal labor relations dated October 1, 2009
Posted: October 14, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Congressional Movement on Federal Benefits
A number of readers have been asking about the status of bills that would change the federal benefits program. A new conference report has rolled several of these proposed benefits changes into one bill. Here is a summary of the these changes in the conference report.
Posted: October 8, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Executive Order on Texting By Federal Employees
On October 1, 2009, Pres. Obama issued an executive order prohibiting federal employees from texting while driving. This is the executive order.
Posted: October 2, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Discrepancies in the Federal Workplace According to EEOC
The annual report from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reveals that power and pay discrepancies still exist between men and women, whites and minorities, and non-disabled and disabled.
Posted: September 30, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
President Garfield's Home Opens Several Historic Chapters
As James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, strolled toward the train platform, he was shot in the back by an embittered attorney, Charles J. Guiteau. Garfield died less than two months later of blood poisoning and complications from the shooting. On the day Garfield died, Guiteau wrote to now President Chester A. Arthur, "My inspiration is a godsend to you and I presume that you appreciate it."
Posted: September 28, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Federal Employee Salaries in Washington, DC Are Higher--Here is How Much Higher
How many federal employees are there in Washington, DC in the higher pay ranges and how does this compare to the rest of the federal workforce?
Posted: September 7, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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