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TSP board shares ‘optimistic’ timeline for resolving call center issues

For TSP participants, customer service hold times are down to 15 minutes on average, but lawmakers are calling for a deeper investigation of TSP issues.

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‘We don’t always have the right answer:’ Why agency leaders should be more transparent

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Sheet metal worker Carey Mercer assembles ductwork at Contractors Sheet Metal on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in New York. The construction industry is fighting to recruit more women into a sector that faces chronic labor shortages. As spending on infrastructure rises, construction firms will need to hire at least 430,000 new skilled laborers in 2021, according to an analysis of federal data by the Associated Builders and Contractors. Right now, only 4% of construction laborers in the U.S. are women, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Contractors have less than two months to create affirmative action programs

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The Capitol is seen at dawn as a consequential week begins in Washington for President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders in Congress who are trying to advance his $3.5 trillion

Bereavement leave for feds, a new ‘digital corps,’ and more highlights from House NDAA

Workforce

DMV reps want to let feds use leave to get vaccinated

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House Democrats seek expansion of paid leave program for federal employees

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Dr. Cletus Oppong, who specializes in occupational medicine, is the first to receive the first round of the Moderna vaccine by Clinical Pharmacist Erin Conkright on Thursday morning , Dec. 24, 2020, at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in Owensboro, Ky.

Va. congressman wants to know vaccination plans for federal employees

Federal Newscast

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Omnibus endorses 1% federal pay raise, gives feds more time to repay deferred payroll taxes

Pay & Benefits

One of government’s leading cybersecurity experts weighs in on SolarWinds breach

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Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, on the introduction of the Freedom of Religion Act. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Va. congressman worried about payroll tax deferral, Schedule F’s impact on feds post-Trump

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A voter stands on a social distance marker outside the Washington County Election Center in Hagerstown, Md., Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, for the first day of in-person early voting. (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)

2020 roundup: Most key lawmakers for feds keep congressional seats

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New executive order could strip civil service protections from ‘wide swaths’ of federal workforce

A new executive order from President Donald Trump will reclassify certain current and future positions in the career civil service as a new political class…

Workforce

Lawmakers again want a payroll tax deferral opt-out for feds after ‘chaotic’ rollout

A group of 43 House members, including four Republicans, are again calling on the Trump administration to give federal employees and military members the…

Pay

What they’re saying about the payroll tax deferral

Federal Report

Military members and federal employee groups worry those impacted by the president’s mandatory payroll tax deferral aren’t getting the message about the extra dollars they’re seeing in their paychecks — and that they’ll have to pay it all back next year.