OPM has finalized, in an August 26 Federal Register notice, changes to its rules on critical position pay” which allows for higher salary rates in positions requiring high-level expertise in a ...

Another arbitrator has ruled in favor of a union grievance asserting that the administration’s general cancellation of offsite work early last year violated union contract provisions and amounted to ...

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is pressing DoD/DoW to move faster to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at military installations in the wake of an inspector general report that he said ...

Four federal employee unions have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s recently finalized rules requiring that performance ratings fit a pattern and its separate rules giving OPM ...

The NTEU union has filed a lawsuit challenging the suspension of advance annual and sick leave at the IRS, saying that agency head Frank Bisignano was not properly appointed and that the action ...

The Office of Special Counsel has filed charges with the MSPB of what it called “serious” violations of Hatch Act restrictions against partisan political activity despite warnings from the OSC. In one ...

Federal employees frequently hear about the TSP’s core options: the G, F, C, S, and I Funds. These five core funds form the bedrock of federal retirement savings. However, many investors wonder if ...

In one of its last acts before taking its current recess, the Senate passed and sent to the House S-2542, to require the Federal Protective Service and DHS to issue guidance for emergency ...

An inspector general audit called on the USPS to strengthen its oversight of contract delivery services companies and some of the personnel they employ, raising issues “impacting mail security, ...

In what could be the first survey of its kind, a poll by OPM of its own employees found that more than four-fifths have used AI in some way in their jobs, but that they have trust issues regarding it.

An inspector general report has credited the USPS with improvements in its process for conducting background checks on prospective employees, although adding that it “is still facing risks due to ...

GAO has estimated that the backlog of deferred maintenance at DoD/DoW facilities has risen to $385 billion from $137 billion in 2020, with officials telling auditors that loss of staff and the hiring ...