The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has not been silent about its desire to change the federal hiring process which, it says, is too complex, takes too long and doesn’t get the job done in helping increase the size of Uncle Sam’s civilian army. Here is a significant change now being implemented.
Discussion of “risk pools” and “call letters” from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) doesn’t sound very exciting. And, in most years, the issuing of an OPM call letter doesn’t generate much press publicity in the federal community. This year may be different though.
Do you work in downtown Washington, DC? If so, get ready for a nasty commute during the Nuclear Security Summit. OPM says you may want to stay home instead of trying to get to the office.
As TSP investors were withdrawing their money from stock funds and putting their money into the G and F funds, the TSP funds continued to go up in March. The only fund that declined in March was the F fund. All of the others were up substantially.
OPM has sent a memo to employees in its Washington, DC headquarters urging them to take an hour of administrative leave (after seeking permission) to walk to the Tidal Basin “to view Washington DC’s magnificent cherry blossoms.”
The Postal Service Board of Governors has approved the agency’s request to move forward with its five-day delivery proposal and to file a request for an advisory opinion with the Postal Regulatory Commission.
A bill introduced in the House could allow retiring federal employees to enhance their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts by allowing payments for unused annual leave to be added to their TSP accounts.
How will your TSP investments perform in 2010 and beyond? There are several factors working against high stock returns that will work against investors who remember the consistent high TSP returns from 1982 – 2000. Our near term stock returns may look more like the 1970’s.
Do federal employees have access to human resources advice and assistance? If they do have access, are they satisfied with the quality and professionalism of the advice? Here is how readers responded to a recent survey on the federal human resources service available to them.
Has the long winter had a negative impact on your mental health? Check out oour Thrift Savings Plan stock fund returns for the past 12 Months and you may feel much better. Here is more good news: all of the funds in the Thrift Savings Plan were up in February.
