Changes to Government Ethics Regulations
The Office of Government Ethics has issued a modification to its requirements to allow federal employees to accept free attendance at “widely attended gatherings” with a value of up to $375.
The Office of Government Ethics has issued a modification to its requirements to allow federal employees to accept free attendance at “widely attended gatherings” with a value of up to $375.
These are some common errors federal employees should avoid to help speed up processing their OPM retirement applications.
Employees in the Washington, DC metropolitan area have the option of taking unscheduled leave or engaging in unscheduled telework today.
Upon receiving the leave and earnings statement for the first full pay-period of 2014, many employees will notice that their premiums for Federal Employees Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) have increased. The author offers some details on what you can expect.
You may be able to acquire more FEGLI coverage by providing medical evidence of insurability or by experiencing a “qualifying life event” (QLE).
The Office of Personnel Management ended 2013 with an outstanding backlog of 12,637 retirement applications. Although this figure is high, it is 52% lower than last December, but the agency is predicting a sharp increase in the number of new applications in January.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued an alert for employees in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The government will be open on Friday, January 3rd in the Washington area. Federal employees have the option to take unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework.
The backlog of outstanding retirement claims at OPM saw almost no reduction in November.
Another divorced spouse fails to dot the I’s and cross the t’s and finds herself without a survivor’s annuity from her ex’s federal pension.
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.