Jessica Klement

Female doctor holding a piggy bank: health insurance, medical expenses and tax concept

Postal reform bill could raise health premiums for federal workers, employee group warns

The Postal Service Reform Act, at least as it’s currently written, proposes significant structural changes to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program….

Benefits

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

CEO Switch: Trump To Biden, now what?

Federal Report

NAPA report details path forward for OPM, but advocates worry it’ll be easily forgotten

Workforce

New Year, New President, New Administration

FEDtalk

Senate appropriators propose federal pay freeze for civilian employees in 2021

Pay

For many federal employees, health and retirement benefits are what’s keeping them on the job

Pay & Benefits

A sign alert voters at the United Methodist Church polling place Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in Hudson, Wis.in Wisconsin's special congressional election to replace retired Republican reality TV star Sean Duffy, in the 7th District race between Republican Tom Tiffany and Democrat Tricia Zunker. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

COVID-19 impact on 2021 COLA, pay raise and WEP/GPO

Federal Report

Add ‘political realities’ to the strikes against retirees

Your Turn

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. The Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. The justices voted 8-1 Monday in holding that insurers are entitled to the money under a provision of the “Obamacare” health law that promised the companies a financial cushion for losses they might incur by selling coverage to people in the marketplaces created by the health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GPO and WEP: The other pandemics!

Federal Report

Returning to fight coronavirus as a reemployed annuitant? Here’s what you need to know

Your Turn

FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo stacks of medical supplies are housed at the Jacob Javits Center that will become a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Join the fight of our lives: Uncle Sam wants you back

Federal Report

The flag flies outside the U.S. Capitol ahead of President Donald Trump delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

NARFE projects election will overshadow federal pay, benefits in 2020

Experts from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association said the election season will overshadow much of what should happen on Capitol Hill.

Your Turn

Forget coronavirus and primaries, time for wallet check!

The Democratic presidential primaries are great drama this year and the coronavirus scare is super important. That said, until a lot more is known, life…

Federal Report

Social Security, SSA, worker, telework, episodic telework

WEP and Offset: The Social Security killers

Federal Report

The two decades-old laws impact, as in reduce or almost eliminate, the Social Security benefits of 1.8 million public servants.