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Congress

Senate passes Social Security bill to repeal WEP and GPO

The repeal, a decades-long priority for public employee advocates, heads to the president for his signature after a late night Senate vote.

Congress

Congress is really close to final repeal of Social Security limitations on government retirees

Congress

At labor rally, Schumer commits to Senate vote on Social Security Fairness Act

Benefits

Feds won’t be able to enroll in long-term care insurance until at least 2026

Pay & Benefits

Legislation to eliminate WEP and GPO clears the House

Financial Management

Your federal life is about to get a bit more expensive

Workforce

Federal retirement backlog no longer top challenge for OPM, but IG says customer service issues remain

Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Garret Graves (R-Pa.) gathered advocates in front of the Capitol building Wednesday morning, urging a vote to repeal WEP and GPO, two provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for certain public servants. After just one week, the lawmakers’ discharge petition to push the Social Security Fairness Act to a floor vote reached the 218 required signatures. (Abigail Spanberger staff photo)

Congress

Bill to repeal WEP, GPO reaches threshold to force a House floor vote

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Management

You can almost taste the repeal of these social security holdbacks

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Open Season

Why USPS retirees should think twice this Open Season

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Workforce

How election talk is moving to what might be in store for the federal workforce

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Congress

WEP & GPO repeal, Schedule F among issues facing Congress

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Pay

Another attempt to determine if federal employees are underpaid

Social Security

Retirement

Congress again ponders updating Social Security policy for non-eligible federal retirees

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Congress

Repeal or reform? House lawmakers weigh responses to WEP, GPO

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Pay

Are federal employees headed for another big raise next year?

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Pay

As agencies face budget uncertainty, Democrats propose a 7.4% pay raise for feds

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Hiring/Retention

Heading into 2024, OPM ‘fundamentally rethinking’ federal hiring

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Workforce

Telework changes, hiring reforms of 2023 charting a course into the new year

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Pay & Benefits

The Social Security evil twins WEP and GPO get a fresh look from Capitol Hill

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TSP

After years of delays, the TSP’s I fund will track a new index starting in 2024

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Federal Report

How much of a difference can a ‘diet COLA’ make for FERS retirees?

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Open Season

The government could still close, but your health insurance will march on