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The House-Senate compromise on this year's NDAA eliminates the DoD chief management officer without offering an explanation, and punting to a future secretary of Defense on business reform issues.
Government funding, a potential Covid-19 relief deal, the annual defense policy bill and a federal pay raise are all unresolved items as Congress heads into a pivotal week before it's scheduled to go home for the holidays.
The status of a pay raise – or freeze – for 2021 is still unclear. Plus, here are a few other provisions federal employees should watch as 2020 comes to a close.
The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act will allow federal employees to carry over more vacation time into next year. It also corrects past legislative mistakes with the paid parental leave program by expanding coverage to include all federal employees.
In today's Federal Newscast: The Federal pay gap between men and woman has narrowed, but it's still there. Two congressmen want to stop government funding that pays for experiments on house cats. And Joint Chiefs' Chairman said America needs a bigger Navy.
The president says he wants to veto the bill over old protections for tech companies and renaming military bases.
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Tuesday rejected the government lawyers' bids to dismiss a lawsuit stemming from the 35-day government shutdown that ended in January 2019.
The latest decision from a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge means attorneys can begin what will likely be a lengthy pursuit of damages for excepted federal employees who worked without pay during the last government shutdown.
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal court has denied the government's request to dismiss a class action suit over the partial government shutdown that ended in January of 2019.
One of the best things about being a current or retired fed is the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. And you can maximize the benefit by putting a little work to see what works best for you.
Most federal employees love their current health and retirement benefits, but generational differences of opinion may offer some telling signs about what interests the workforce of the future.
Long Term Care insurance isn't not a fun subject, but one that could save your family lots of grief and money in the future. One of those subjects where the only thing worse than thinking about it is NOT thinking about it!
Tens of thousands of federal employees are being paid while they spend time shopping — at the office or at home — via a special online service that the government also pays for.
Should feds be recognized with a modest pay raise? Or, despite performing unseen round-the-clock vital services, should they bite the bullet like so many unemployed Americans?