Workforce
Nation’s largest federal employee union endorses O'Malley to lead Social Security
News of the American Federation of Government Employees’ support for former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, Biden’s pick to lead the embattled agency, comes amid a détente between the union and management, whose relationship has been acrimonious in recent years.
Oversight
GAO: USDA violated the Anti-Deficiency Act while planning its relocation of science agencies
House Democrats renewed calls to institute tighter regulation of agency relocations in light of the watchdog agency's findings.
Workforce
Bill to ban agencies from deducting union dues from feds’ paychecks pushed in House
Unions say the measure is designed not to help workers, but rather to interfere with their decision whether to join a labor organization.
Pay & Benefits
Per diem rates for federal workers will increase this fall, GSA says
The standard lodging rate will jump by nearly $10 beginning in October, as the government continues to confront recent inflation.
Pay & Benefits
Deadline approaches for Biden’s 5.2% pay raise plan
The president must formalize his proposal to give federal employees their largest annual pay increase in more than 40 years by the end of this month, or automatic boosts to locality pay will kick in.
Workforce
The federal government’s primary internship program is getting its first update in a decade
The Office of Personnel Management will propose regulations Wednesday governing the federal government’s Pathways Programs to make it more appealing for potential applicants and easier for agencies to use as a recruitment tool.
Pay & Benefits
Labor Dept. will offer training on new rules to boost some federal contractors' wages
Earlier this week, the Biden administration announced a major overhaul of regulations governing the compensation of construction workers on federally funded projects.
Workforce
Retiring NTEU president reflects on three decades in organized labor
Tony Reardon on Thursday handed the reins of the National Treasury Employees Union to newly elected national president Doreen Greenwald.
Pay & Benefits
Bill to alleviate federal pay compression introduced by House Dems
The Pay Compression Relief Act would effectively allow General Schedule employees to receive annual increases to both basic and locality pay, even if they have already hit the federal pay cap.
Workforce
VA, AFGE celebrate ‘best union contract’ in federal government
After six years of often acrimonious negotiations, the Veterans Affairs Department and the nation’s largest federal employee union on Tuesday signed a new collective bargaining agreement.
Workforce
D.C.-area feds told to leave offices by 3 p.m., ahead of storms
All federal employees in the Washington region who commuted for in-person work on Monday must leave two hours early, OPM said.
Workforce
White House calls on agencies to 'aggressively' reduce telework this fall
Chief of Staff Jeff Zients instructed agencies to focus on executing plans to increase in-person work in September and October.
Oversight
Labor Dept. office rolls back portions of Trump-era policy on handling discrimination claims against contractors
Regulations implemented Friday said that a 2020 rule change aimed at making investigations into allegations of discrimination more efficient in practice did the opposite.
Workforce
Cannabis users could become feds under bipartisan House bill
The legislation also would allow federal job applicants who were previously denied positions or security clearances over marijuana usage dating back to 2008 to have those decisions reviewed under the newly proposed policy.
Pay & Benefits
Most TSP funds continued their upward trend in July
Only one of the portfolios in the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement savings program ended last month in the red.
Workforce
TSA employees are finally earning similar wages to most other federal workers
Officials on Thursday celebrated the arrival of an up-to-30% pay raise for Transportation Security Administration employees this week, but warned that House spending plans could derail recent progress.
Management
Biden taps former Maryland governor for Social Security commissioner
Martin O’Malley served two terms as governor before a failed presidential campaign in 2016.
Pay & Benefits
Dental and vision benefits are now open to many part-time, temporary and seasonal federal employees
A rule finalized Tuesday makes nearly 200,000 additional federal employees, including postal workers, eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program.
Workforce
IRS announces the end of most surprise taxpayer visits
The change, effective immediately, comes due to concern for the safety of IRS employees and to make it easier for taxpayers to identify potential scammers.
Workforce
Agencies would have more flexibility in the hiring process, under new OPM rules
Regulations implementing a provision of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act would give hiring managers more information—and options—as they evaluate job applicants.
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