Where Have All the Classifiers Gone?
The author says the current classification system under the General Schedule is not working. He cites some examples of problems it has created.
The author says the current classification system under the General Schedule is not working. He cites some examples of problems it has created.
FedSmith readers have anxiously been awaiting the finalized salary figures for 2019 that reflect the pay raise. Here is how much your pay will be for the remainder of the year.
A report that targets wasteful government spending includes some pay and benefits for federal workers among its examples.
OPM has released a list of frequently asked post-shutdown questions addressing various pay/benefits issues.
Because Congress has not overridden the president’s proposed pay freeze, and an Executive Order has been issued freezing pay, no raise is expected in 2019.
OPM has issued a final rule to add six new locality pay areas in 2019 that will impact roughly 70,000 federal employees.
Will there be a federal employee pay raise for 2019? A new memo from OPM casts some doubt over the possibility.
Many arguments support the idea of a single civil service system, however, the author says this is not ultimately what is best for federal human resources.
Life is not the same for federal employees in DC versus the rest of the country. The author analyzes some of the key differences.
The White House’s 2019 budget blueprint offered many proposals for civil service reform. The author provides an analysis of which ones he says missed the mark.