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Human resources specialists may want to take particular note of this article. The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has successfully prosecuted two human resources specialists accused of engaging in a prohibited personnel practice by attempting to help agency management pre-select a candidate for a vacancy.
An Agency practitioner prepared this heads-up for practitioners in his Agency and it’s up on Fedsmith as a service to the community. Whether you’re a specialist, lawyer or union advocate, this should be of great interest to you.
Here are two secrets most writers won’t admit. One: we often have questions about grammar, style and even spelling. Two: when we’re not sure how to write something, most writers take the same basic steps. These steps can help you too.
Federal employees who have had military service after January 1, 1957 have the opportunity to make a deposit and have that military time count for both their CSRS or FERS retirement and for Social Security. In most instances it makes a great deal of sense to buy the military time, but there are exceptions.
Immigration is a hot topic on the American political scene. Federal employees may be expected to support the administration in power but they obviously have their own views. On this topic, the vast majority of readers disagree with the decision to sue the State of Arizona. Here are the results of our survey on this issue.
In filing for Federal Disability Retirement benefits under FERS or CSRS, it is often the unintentional statement which can devastate a Federal or Postal employee’s disability retirement application.
This is the June 7, 2010 “Report to the National Council on Federal Labor Management Relations”
FedSmith is continuing to grow and expand. We hope all of our readers enjoy this upcoming holiday weekend to celebrate the birth of our country and the privileges we enjoy. We are using the holiday to increase our computing capacity. Here is the underlying philosophy for our website and why we publish articles we know some in our community may not find agreeable.
Author Robert Benson wrote an article this week on the use of a privately owned vehicle while conducting business on behalf of the federal government. The article generated numerous comments. Rather than responding to each comment, here is his overall response to those readers who took the time to send in their reaction to the article.
Turning accumulated savings in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) into a stream of income is a goal for federal employees who are hoping to retire at a comfortable level. This is particularly true for FERS employees who get a less generous pension than employees who are covered by CSRS.
