Many federal agencies implemented this year’s mandatory pay raise without 2024 funding. Still,some Democrats in Congresshave already pitched a 7% pay bump for next year, arguing that feds still need to be made whole after years of high consumer prices and recruiting challenges ...
December 7, 2024 Basics of Eligibility for Within Grade Increases (WIGI) WIGIs apply to federal general schedule employees who occupy permanent positions and are at less than the maximum rate of their grade. See, 5 CFR 531.402 (a). Contrary to wide-spread belief, Within Grade Increases (WIGI...
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to maintain the interest rate paid on reserve balances at 5.4 percent, effective May 2, 2024. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System voted unanimously to approve the establishment of the primary...
“Each year, 20 million American families fill out a complicated, 108-question form called the FAFSA to obtain a grant or loan to help pay for college,” Alexander said. “Several experts testified before our committee that just two questions would tell the Department of Education 95 p...
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September 24, 2024 / 6:00 PM EDT / CBS Detroit ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights concluded that an Ann Arbor school counselor made a discriminatory remark against a Muslim student last year. The federal...
FAFSA applications typically open on Oct. 1 for the upcoming academic year and close on June 30 of the academic year for that award. However, for the 2025-26 academic year, the application opened Nov. 21, 2024 and will close on June 30, 2026. However, each state and school has its ow...
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For example, when the Federal Reservecut the Fed funds rate by 50 basis pointsto a range of 4.75% to 5% on Sept. 18, 2024, it warranted major news coverage across the U.S. since it hadn't cut the rate at all in the previous four years. Thus, The Fed shifted its strategy during...
Blue-Collar Wage-Grade Federal Workers Waiting on Pay Raise (Posted 2014-01-15 15:09:59) ; Raise Is Included in Legislation Congress Is Weighing as Part of Language in Omnibus Spending BillWaxThibodeaux, Emily