The Best Public-Speaking Tip I’ve Ever Gotten
You can save yourself a lot of anxiety about your upcoming presentation — if you follow this simple bit of advice.
You can save yourself a lot of anxiety about your upcoming presentation — if you follow this simple bit of advice.
A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office makes a myriad of proposals designed to help put a dent in the growing federal debt, some of which would directly impact federal employees.
MSPB announced on 11/8/2013 that it planned to change the way it adjudicates jurisdiction claims by altering its regulations. The Author suggests that anyone involved in appeals before the Board should read this article and respond to the Board’s request for comments by practitioners. As a part of its effort, the Board has prepared a useful chart called Elements/Issues in MSPB Appeals that is worth reading.
Three Senators have reintroduced legislation that would end the defined benefit pension portion of the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) for new federal government hires.
The FERS annuity supplement is probably going to end. How will it impact your retirement plans?
The author offers suggestions for dealing with employee behavior issues.
The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget are instructing agencies to limit the amounts paid to federal employees for bonuses in FY 2014.
One way to reduce the gaping federal deficit: Raise “non-tax revenue” by increasing employee contributions to federal employee pension programs.
An “ICE” (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) law enforcement officer looked up family and friends in a law enforcement database and as a result had to fight criminal charges and a removal action. Things did not end well for him.
Despite a partial government shutdown in the month of October, the Office of Personnel Managmeent managed to process over 11,000 outstanding retirement applications and lower the backlog.