Federal News Radio reporters Nicole Ogrysko, Scott Maucione and Meredith Somers will discuss 2017's top federal stories and the prospects for budget cuts, pay raises and buyouts in the new year.
If you were job-hunting, would you apply to a place where the CEOs regularly froze your pay and the board of directors had its eye on your pension plan? Sound familiar?
The retirement system is out of the woods for awhile and the new and revised Dec. 22 shutdown may not happen, but now there's a new threat: a zero pay raise in 2019.
There is no question that federal pay rules are in need of updating. But in the interim, freezing pay is not the best way to proceed.
A new report from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Claire McCaskill cites a pre-decisional budget "passback" document, which indicates the Office of Management and Budget's plans to freeze pay for civilian employees in 2019.
Pay freeze for certain political officials has been extended by legislation, according to OMB memo. Those affected will be barred from pay increases past executive 2013 levels until the end of the calendar year through Jan. 6, 2018.
Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to discuss the federal hiring freeze, possible changes in the FEHBP program, and the slight downturn in the number of retirements. January 8, 2017
J. David Cox, national president of AFGE, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss federal workers will be affected by pay and hiring freezes imposed by President Donald Trump. February 3, 2017
Ultimately, a good workplace is about relationships among people. With the stress of transition about to hit, along with a possible hiring freeze, now is a good time for career leadership to re-engage with the workforce. Margot Conrad, director of education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some tips for effective ways to do that.
Greg Stanford, director of government affairs for the Federal Managers Association, joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn to talk about the potential for pay and hiring freezes under a Trump administration.
The Office of Personnel Management has been busy in recent weeks, releasing a series of new memos as reminders to any political appointees and senior officials who plan to leave or join government during the presidential transition.
President Obama's 2.1 percent pay hike may be the last feds see for awhile from Congress, says Jeff Neal, former DHS chief human capital officer.
In an exclusive Federal News Radio survey, federal employees say the incoming Trump administration will have a big impact on the federal budget as well as their benefits and ability to do their jobs.
What with a three-year bipartisan pay freeze, which was followed by back-to-back annual pay raises of 1 percentage point and ever increasing health premiums, it's been a long time since it was fun to be a fed, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
Vermont and Rhode Island lawmakers were among those in Congress who consistently voted in favor of federal workers and retirees, according to the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association's latest scorecard.