FEDweekFederal Employees CDC Sets Policies on Federal Employee Virus Testing; Some Agency Discretion fedweek.com - chris mace The CDC has issued guidance on requiring federal employees to be tested for the Coronavirus in order to enter—or remain ...More The article CDC Sets …
FEDweekHuman Resources Guidance Outlines Obligations to Employees in Virus Testing fedweek.com - chris mace New guidance from the CDC on Coronavirus testing in the federal workplace stresses that testing policies are to be “carried ...More The article …
FEDweekU.S. Politics Implications of the Biden Workforce Order for Federal Employee Due Process Rights fedweek.com - chris mace President Joe Biden’s recent Executive Order (EO) on Protecting the Federal Workforce reverses the limitations on employee due process implemented …
FEDweekCOVID-19 Vaccines Vaccination Appointment Portal Available fedweek.com - kevin couch Beneficiaries of military medical care now can schedule appointments to receive Covid-19 vaccines online without creating an account. The Defense …
FEDweekVaccination Navy Chief: Vaccine Hesitancy Concerning fedweek.com - kevin couch While buoyed by the facts that less than one quarter of the fleet has tested positive for Covid-19 of recent ...More The article Navy Chief: Vaccine …
FEDweekSpace Force Guardians: Space Force Organizational Structure Debuts fedweek.com - kevin couch The Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, will become the headquarters of the ...More The article …
FEDweekMilitary Army Updates Uniform Regs fedweek.com - kevin couch Soldiers now can wear optional insignia and accoutrements on their Class B uniform, and the tropical-dress variation of their Army ...More The article …
FEDweekFederal Employees Phased Elimination of SBP Offset Underway fedweek.com - kevin couch The plan to eliminate the dollar-for-dollar offset of Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) payments to surviving spouses who receive Dependency and ...More The …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoU.S. Politics House Leaders Seek Details on Plans for Expanded Technology Fund fedweek.com - kevin couch The Democratic leaders of the House Oversight and Reform Committee and its government operations committee have asked the Biden administration …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAudits IG Calls on USPS to Tighten Processes for Departing Employees, Contractors fedweek.com - kevin couch An IG audit has found that the USPS is not always following out-processing steps for its own employees and those ...More The article IG Calls on USPS …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTrump news update EPA Joins VA in Returning to Pre-Trump Contract Policies fedweek.com - kevin couch The EPA has reverted to contract terms in effect before the 2018 Trump administration orders restricting the matters on which ...More The article EPA …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCareer Development Bills Offered on Cybersecurity Career Development, Transparency fedweek.com - kevin couch A bill (S-1097) with bipartisan support has been reintroduced in the Senate to boost career development opportunities for federal employees ...More …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPandemics Social Security Helped During Pandemic, but Taking a Financial Hit fedweek.com - kevin couch The Social Security system has helped mitigate the effects of the pandemic on older persons but the system is feeling ...More The article Social …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFederal Employees Designating Beneficiaries, Or Not, under Federal Employee Programs fedweek.com - kevin couch Completing beneficiary forms available under several federal benefits programs is a personal choice; it is not required. If you choose ...More The …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFederal Employees When a Durable Power of Attorney Might Be Preferred fedweek.com - kevin couch Not every power of attorney will be sufficient to manage your affairs, if you become incapacitated. A general power of ...More The article When a …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFederal Employees Report Highlights Unresolved Recommendations from GAO, IGs fedweek.com - kevin couch A report for Congress highlights the issue of unresolved recommendations in GAO and agency IG audits, which it says “can, ...More The article Report …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTrends Survey Finds Some Positive Trends for USPS fedweek.com - kevin couch A survey conducted by the inspector general’s office at the USPS has found some positive indicators arising from the pandemic ...More The article …
FEDweekFederal Employees Additional Benefits on Death of a Current Employee fedweek.com - chris mace Last week I filled you in on a series of basic benefits that your survivors would be entitled to if ...More The article Additional Benefits on Death …
FEDweekFederal Employees MSPB Identifies Reasons Within-Grade Raise Patterns Vary Among Agencies fedweek.com - chris mace Following is an excerpt from a new MSPB white paper examining practices on within-grade increases, which overall are granted at ...More The article …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPandemics Pandemic Results in Some Growth, Shift in Federal Work fedweek.com - chris mace The pandemic has resulted in a small growth in federal jobs and some change in the mix of occupations, with ...More The article Pandemic Results in …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFederal Employees Employee Survey Shows Increases in Satisfaction, Teleworking fedweek.com - chris mace Federal employees expressed greater satisfaction with a variety of aspects of their work in the 2020 government-wide survey, which also ...More The …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFederal Employees Within-Grade Raises Rarely Denied, Says MSPB fedweek.com - chris mace Within-grade increases for federal employees “are nearly automatic” despite data showing “fairly widespread” concerns of both supervisors and …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFederal Employees Fed Supervisors, Agency Management Cite Reasons for Employee Under-Performance fedweek.com - chris mace Federal supervisors and top agency management have similar views on the two most common reasons that federal employees to under-perform, ...More The …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAudits USPS Mishandled Employees’ Personal Information, Audit Finds fedweek.com - chris mace An inspector general report says that USPS “mishandled” the personally identifiable information of some 89,000 employees who have veterans status, …
FEDweekCost of Living COLA Count Hits 2.2 Percent at Halfway Point fedweek.com - chris mace Through six months of the counting period toward the January 2022 federal retirement COLA the count stands at 2.2 percent, ...More The article COLA …
FEDweekRetirement Planning Safeguard Your TSP in Retirement by Planning Ahead on Healthcare fedweek.com - chris mace Unexpected healthcare costs could wind up being the biggest draw on your TSP account retirement. The right health care decisions ...More The article …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFederal Employees OPM to Collect Data on Competencies Needed in Jobs fedweek.com - kevin couch OPM has announced an initiative to collect data on competencies needed in federal occupations, which will support “a wide variety ...More The article …
FEDweekDevelopmental Disabilities Initiative on Hiring Persons on Autism Spectrum to Be Expanded fedweek.com - kevin couch A pilot program for hiring persons on the autism spectrum into federal jobs is showing success and plans are underway ...More The article Initiative …
FEDweekFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoU.S. Government Pandemic Worsened Personnel Problems at DoD Depots, GAO Says fedweek.com - kevin couch The pandemic worsened challenges that Defense Department depots “already faced, such as not having enough personnel to perform maintenance” on …
