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The slight upward creep in living costs in the first four months of this year points to a modest January 2020 cost-of-living adjustment.
May 23, 2019 -
The Trump administration will face tough questions Tuesday as the House Oversight and Reform Government Operations Subcommittee reviews the proposed merger of the Office of Personnel with the General Services Administration.
May 20, 2019 -
For at least the past six years, right or wrong, smart or not, some nervous feds from Maine to California have kept a nervous watch on Washington and their HR office. They are watching the…
April 19, 2019 -
People do relocate because of taxes and a huge chunk of the federal workforce is concentrated in states with high taxes.
April 18, 2019 -
Lawmakers have declared the president's 2020 budget request "dead on arrival," but there are a few ways the proposed federal retirement cuts could see the light of day this year.
April 03, 2019 -
Several members of Congress have declared the President's proposed cuts to federal employee retirement "dead on arrival," while at least one Republican has expressed more of an interest in developing a new system for prospective employees.
March 14, 2019 -
House Democrats have again reintroduced legislation that would guarantee paid family leave for federal employees to care for a new child or sick family member. This time, the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act would guarantee up to 12 weeks of time.
March 06, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a federal retiree who says the state of West Virginia unfairly taxed his annuity income.
February 21, 2019 -
President Donald Trump signed the 2019 spending bill into law, securing a 1.9 percent pay raise for federal employees that will be retroactive to Jan. 1.
February 14, 2019 -
President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday afternoon that guarantees back pay for federal employees impacted by the partial government shutdown.
January 16, 2019 -
The House passed a bill Friday that would guarantee back pay to more than 800,000 federal employees who missed a paycheck Friday.
January 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an alliance of 30 federal employee organizations are urging the president to end the partial government shutdown.
January 04, 2019 -
A package of bills from House Democrats would reopen government, provide full-year funding for most federal agencies and give civilian employees a pay raise in 2019.
January 01, 2019 -
The House has passed its own continuing resolution that would fund all of government through Feb. 8 and provide $5 billion toward the southern border. The CR is reportedly a tough sell in the Senate, setting up further anxiety and uncertainty ahead of Friday's partial shutdown deadline.
December 20, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection issues Accenture a partial stop work order to pause its nearly 300 million dollar contract to hire more border patrol agents.
December 11, 2018