Federal retirement processing times are slowing down
Federal retirement processing times are slowing down. During June, it took OPM an average of 108 days to process a retirement claim, accordi...
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20 of 2,349 episodesSkills-based federal hiring gets another push from Congress
A move toward skills-based federal hiring is getting another push from Congress. A new bipartisan bill would push agencies to ease college d...
Army replaces height and weight tables for body composition
The Army is replacing its long-criticized height-and-weight tables and tape test with a waist-to-height ratio to measure body composition. T...
There’s a new leader at NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has a new leader. Arvind Raman was sworn is as the fifth undersecretary of commerce for s...
Trump administration looks to tweak paid administrative leave rules
The Trump administration is looking to tweak the rules for federal employees’ paid administrative leave. Recent proposed regulations from th...
Thrift Savings Plan fund see growth in June
The good news about your Thrift Savings Plan for June, only two funds saw month over month drops. As for the other funds, 13 of 14 experienc...
IRS pauses removal of NTEU materials from the workplace
The IRS still doesn’t recognize a union that represents much of its workforce. But the agency has agreed it will no longer bar employees fro...
New bill would extend military survivor benefit decision deadline
Two Democrats and two Republicans have teamed up on a bill that would give military families more time to make important financial decisions...
Democratic lawmakers take up the fight against federal NDAs
Dozens of House Democrats are urging the Trump administration to abandon its proposal for a governmentwide non-disclosure agreement. The law...
Lawsuit charges Schedule Policy/Career violates Civil Service Reform Act
A lawsuit challenging Schedule Policy/Career is doubling down on its arguments. The recently amended complaint now directly challenges the r...
House 2027 defense spending bill heads to the full chamber
The House's version of the 2027 defense spending bill is moving on to the full chamber for consideration. House appropriators voted 34 to 27...
Military commissaries may open to DoD civilian employees
The Department of Defense's civilian employees could get another option for their grocery runs; their local commissary. Senators are suggest...
Air Force and Space Force spouses to get help with the job search
A new pilot program will try to pair active-duty military spouses in the Air Force and Space Force with potential job leads. The Global Mili...
Office of Naval Research rolls out new science and technology strategy
The Office of Naval Research is rolling out a new science and technology strategy that focuses the service on meeting its own unique needs,...
More National Park Service employees vote to unionize
More employees at the National Park Service have voted to unionize. About 650 employees in the agency’s Intermountain Region will now be rep...
Senate Armed Services Committee releases NDAA details
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday released the details of a massive defense policy bill that authorizes $1.2 trillion in spendi...
A second cohort of technology executives are joining the Army Reserve
A second cohort of technology executives are joining the Army Reserve. The Army commissioned three more senior technology leaders into its E...
Lawmakers renew effort to offer paid family and medical leave to feds
Lawmakers are renewing an effort to offer paid family and medical leave to federal employees. A bipartisan bill would give feds 12 weeks of...
Senate Democrats urge reversal of ruling threatening civil service protections
Senate Democrats are urging a federal appeals court to reverse a decision upholding the firings of two immigration judges at the Department...
Service members could see a 5% to 7% pay raise in 2027
House appropriators are backing the Trump administration's proposed pay raise for U.S. troops in fiscal 2027 as part of a $1.7 trillion defe...