OPM moves to standardize General Schedule, blue collar locality pay areas For years, federal employee unions have bemoaned that the pay systems’ differing maps of high-cost regions created pay inequity within agency workforces. By Erich Wagner October 7, 2024 OPM’s retirement backlog continued...
Federal Pay Could Vary By Region;OPM Proposal Offers Agencies Flexibility,Ends Automatic RaisesJudith Havemann
January 3, 2024 Agencies have over 1,200 AI uses planned or in operation, watchdog finds The massive GAO report found that some agencies — like NASA and the Department of Commerce — have made major investments in artificial intelligence, while others struggled to meet federal requirements. ...
Unlike the FEHB program in which the federal government pays on average 72 to 75 percent of an employee’s or retiree’s FEHB program premiums, employees and retirees pay the full cost of the FEDVIP premiums. Those employees and retirees who are enrolled in a FEDVIP plan for 2024 will aut...
However, federal experts believe that the"ability to misuse fingerprint data is limited… This probability could change over time as technology evolves,"OPM's Press SecretarySamuel Schumachsaid in astatementon Wednesday. What's even worse?#
“The lack of security and oversight associated with the new email system and data management practices threatens to expose federal workers to personalized social engineering or ‘spear phishing’ attacks to gain access to government systems,” the two lawmakers wrote. ...
Early Marker for 2024 Raise Set: 5.2 Percent Pay Attention to Family vs. Self Plus One Rates in FEHB, OPM Advises TSP Investors Down $120 Billion for Year; Average Account Loses $30,000 Rehiring of Federal Retirees Can Benefit Them and Agencies, Says MSPB ...
In response, Gessner sued Gulf Power Company under the private sector FWA, alleging that he was discharged in retaliation for objecting to certain practices “that were in violation of state and/or federal laws or that he reasonably and objectively believed were in said violation.” .. ...
In a Nov. 29 memo to chief human capital officers, acting OPM Director Beth Cobert outlined two documents that provide agency managers insight into compensation options, the "Compensation Flexibilities to Recruit and Retain Cybersecurity Professionals" and the "Federal Employee Compensation Package: I...
To date, the OPM has revealed thatthe personnel records of at leat 18-million current, former, and prospective federal employees were stolenin previous OPM cyberattacks. This is theworst employee security leakin history. The undescribed E-QIP security hole was found during a comprehensive review ...