Michael Rigas

New annual leave carryover policy now in effect for federal employees, OPM says

Under a new, temporary policy from the Office of Personnel Management, many federal employees can carryover up to 300 hours of annual leave from 2020,…

Benefits

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

Locality pay remains stable and GS system is still broken, says pay agent

Pay

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What it will take for agencies to implement Trump’s federal hiring EO

Hiring/Retention

GSA/OPM/Federal News Network

OPM tells workforce the merger with GSA is off, but new concerns arise

OPM Reorganization

Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., questions Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

House Democrats demand immediate stop to Schedule F executive order

Workforce

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In implementing recent hiring EO, OPM review reveals popular federal jobs

Workforce

Agencies are rethinking performance management in the pandemic era too

Workforce

Feds are still struggling to balance work and childcare. But there’s a program that could help.

Workforce

Vague OMB guidance on payroll tax deferral leaves many questions unanswered

Pay & Benefits

First Look

After multiple delays, Connolly troubled by ‘apparent mishandling’ of employee viewpoint survey

Workforce

Trump taps HUD appointee to be new OPM director

The president will nominate John Gibbs, a current political appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to be the new director of the…

People

FILE - In this Spet. 18, 2019, file photo, the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. A Trump administration proposal to roll back environmental reviews for big projects is drawing heavy objections from African American and Latino communities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EPA inspector general takes close look at reopening plans

In today’s Federal Newscast, some EPA employees say they feel uncomfortable returning to the office as OIG conducts a review.

Federal Newscast

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

Pay & Benefits

Employees overwhelmingly see the importance and value in existing federal health and retirement benefits, and in many cases, these programs are a top recruitment and retention incentive, a new Office of Personnel Management survey found.