Federal Newscast
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OPM asks agencies to review 2024 special salary rates
The Office of Personnel Management’s annual data call asks agencies to take a look at any jobs that might need a higher salary than General Schedule rates to help with recruitment and retention.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
New resources for Postal Service Health Benefit Program enrollees
Ahead of the new Postal health program's launch in 2025, the Office of Personnel Management has created a landing page with more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Senators push for fix to potential Foreign Service pay cut
Congress has until the end of the month to reauthorize Overseas Comparability Pay.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
House Democrats introduce ‘Right to IVF’ Act
A new bill, called the Right to IVF Act, rolls together four previous bills all aiming to broaden fertility coverage nationwide.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Air Force to meet recruitment goals
The Department of the Air Force is on track to meet its recruitment goals for fiscal 2024 across all components.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Federal government saw less attrition in fiscal 2023
The government saw less staff attrition in fiscal 2023 but some demographic groups are still showing higher rates of quitting than others.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Continuing Resolution could mean more cuts to the IRS
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the cuts to IRS funding would reduce its total revenue collection by nearly $66 billion dollars over the next decade.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Pentagon urges Senate to confirm nominee being blocked by Sen. Tuberville
Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville is holding up the promotion of Lieutenant General Ronald Clark to lead Army forces in the Pacific. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
NARA offers agencies an exception to no longer accepting paper records
Agencies are getting an important exception to the National Archives policy of no longer accepting paper records. NARA says agencies can continue sending official personnel folders to the National Personnel Records Center through June of 20-25. And agencies will be able to deliver employee medical folders to the records center until June of 20-27. NARA stopped accepting most paper records at its facilities this past June. But Archives officials have acknowledged that agencies need more time to digitize their personnel and medical records. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Lawmakers file bill to repeal WEP and GPO
Lawmakers are officially filing their discharge petition today to try to move the Social Security Fairness Act to a floor vote. The bill aims to repeal the WEP and G-P-O, two provisions that reduce or eliminate Social Security for certain public servants. The discharge petition will only move forward if the document gains 218 signatures, a House majority. The Social Security Fairness Act currently has 326 cosponsors. NARFE is urging all House representatives to sign the petition to move the bill to a floor vote.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
IRS announces $1.3B recovered from high-income wealthy individuals under IRA initiatives
The agency is targeting two categories of tax delinquents — more than 1,600 millionaires with more than $250,000 dollars in tax debt, and 125 thousand high-income individuals, who haven’t filed a tax return since 2017.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
EPA union calls for temporary situational telework option
A federal union is calling for temporary work-from-home options for staff at the Environmental Protection Agency. The push from the American Federation of Government Employees comes after reports of Legionella outbreaks at several EPA facilities across the country. The affected EPA buildings are located in D.C., Boston, Houston and Chicago. The union called it “completely unacceptable” to continue letting EPA employees into the buildings in those areas. Using situational telework would let EPA staff continue their work safely, AFGE said, until the Legionella outbreak is under control.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
IRS Direct File adds more states for 2025
Governor Moore joins state and federal leaders to announce Maryland is adding IRS Direct File for 2025 filing season.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
New leadership at the Congressional Research Service
Congress' own think tank … the Congressional Research Service … is getting new leadership. Foreign policy expert Karen Donfried (DAWN-freed) will become its director … starting September 23rd. She’ll take over for an interim leader who’s held the top job for more than a year. Donfried previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs … and as president of the German Marshall Fund. She also worked as a European specialist for C-R-S for 10 years. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Federal employees likely to see 2% pay raise in 2025
Civilian federal employees are now almost certain to see a 2 percent federal pay raise in 2025. President Joe Biden formally announced his plans for next year’s salary hike on Friday. Nothing will be truly official until Biden signs an executive order enacting the 2025 raise. If finalized, it would be the smallest annual raise enacted during the Biden administration. The 2 percent raise for the General Schedule would break down into a 1.7 percent across-the-board increase, plus a 0.3 percent locality pay adjustment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Access to voting for federal workers
Don’t forget… federal employees do get some extra time off on election day this fall. A new reminder from the Office of Personnel Management details exactly how much time, and for what reason. Federal employees can take up to 4 hours of paid administrative leave to go vote on Nov. 5. On top of that, feds can take an additional 4 hours off to volunteer as a poll worker. The paid leave for feds on election day comes from an executive order that President Biden signed back in 2021. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
USPS wins $2M contract fraud settlement
On today's Federal Newscast, USPS wins $2M contract fraud investigation settlement.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
SBA protégé mentor program sees growth for contractors
On today's Federal Newscast, the number of small businesses in the mentor-protégé program skyrocketed in 2023.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
White House lays out how agencies can keep track of their AI uses
In today's Federal Newscast, the Biden administrative is showing agencies how to keep tabs on their use of artificial intelligence.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Agencies get the go ahead to continue paying higher salaries to feds stationed in Iraq
In today's Federal Newscast, civilian federal employees stationed in Iraq will continue to see higher pay rates until the end of the year. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Americans appear to have a good opinion of federal agencies overall
In today's Federal Newscast, according to a new study, Americans feel generally positive about federal agencies, but it also depends on their political party.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
An apparent attempt to disrupt Army conference with foul smell
In today's Federal Newscast, there's a criminal investigation underway into what appears to have been an attempt to disrupt the Army's annual TechNet conference. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
CISA to receive new headquarters on the St. Elizabeths West Campus
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Former President Trump selects leaders for presidential transition team
In today's Federal Newscast, former President Donald Trump has named two officials to lead his campaign’s presidential transition teamSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Partnership for Public Service releases vision to counter the controversial project 2025 plan
In today's Federal Newscast, as an alternative to Project 2025, the Partnership has created a new vision for what it believes will be the best path toward civil service reform and modernization.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
More federal employees now being enrolled now in continuous vetting
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is starting to enroll more federal employees in continuous vetting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
CBP settles class action lawsuit that says it discriminated against pregnant employees
In today's Federal Newscast, after eight years, Customs and Border Protection has reached a $45 million class action settlement. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The government's flex spending account for employees seems to be getting safer from fraudsters
In today's Federal Newscast, new instances of fraud in the government’s Flexible Spending Account program, FSAFEDS, are dwindling.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Legislation calling for federal hiring managers to focus more on a job candidate's skills advances to the next step in the Senate
In today's Federal Newscast, a long-awaited bill to reform the government’s hiring process has cleared the way to a possible Senate floor vote.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Group of federal employees want the White House to do something about sexual misconduct at the work place
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of employees is calling for the government to address sexual misconduct in the federal workplace.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A big pay boost for federal wildland firefighters steps closer to becoming official
In today's Federal Newscast, federal wildland firefighters appear a step closer to securing a permanent pay raise.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Veterans may have more chances for benefits, but it means more opportunities for scammers unfortunately
In today's Federal Newscast, veterans lost more than $350 million to fraud schemes last year.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Another lawmaker tries to scrap official union time for feds on the clock
In today's Federal Newscast, Republicans are trying, once again, to eliminate the use of "official time" by federal employees. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Pay raise for federal employees seems to be all but ensured
In today's Federal Newscast, federal employees are one step closer to receiving the 2% pay raise the Biden administration proposed for fiscal 2025.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Senate bill gives $375M in funding to new FBI HQ
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Citizens have higher trust in certain government services than others, survey shows
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New Senate bill would create cybersecurity apprenticeship program
Lawmakers say more talent is needed to fill an estimated half a million open cybersecurity jobs nationwide.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
IRS cracks down on tax delinquents among its workforce
A watchdog report found the IRS disciplined more than a thousand employees with confirmed tax noncompliance issues.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
OMB: Prepare for 3% raise
The Office of Management and Budget said in its updated Circular A-11 guidance that the President will make a final decision, but agencies should start with 3%.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
USDA's “bee team” is taking home the People’s Choice Award for the 2024 Sammies
In today's Federal Newscast, two members of the Agriculture Department have developed new technologies that can diagnose and treat bee diseases.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Group of federal employees still pushing for more fertility benefits through insurance program
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of federal employees continues to push for expanded fertility benefits through the government's health insurance program. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Federal contractors get some guidance on using AI when hiring
In today's Federal Newscast, federal contractors have new advice for using artificial intelligence in the hiring process. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Though the Defense Department managed to go unscathed through the Crowdstrike outage, it remains on the alert
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department generally escaped the effects of Friday’s global internet problems. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Congressional regulators want to know why a top official at the FCC was able to support what appears to be a Trump campaign initiative
In today's Federal Newscast, House Democrats say a top official at the Federal Communications Commission helped write a policy blueprint for a new Trump administration.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Navy members get a reminder to watch how they participate in the upcoming elections season
In today's Federal Newscast, Navy leaders get instructions on training all of their personnel on dos and don'ts during election season.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A policy tweak by the Social Security Administration should make it easier to give money to recipients it underpaid
The Social Security Administration says a recent policy change should make it easier to compensate beneficiaries who received underpayments. To try to get reimbursements out more quickly.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Military suicide numbers continue to trend in the wrong direction
In today's Federal Newscast, military suicide rates continue to rise, according to recently-released data from the Defense Suicide Prevention office recently-released data.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Federal firefighters could see bigger paychecks next year
In today's Federal Newscast, House appropriators are taking steps that could give federal firefighters a permanent pay raise.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Congressional Republicans are looking to see what the Supreme Court's recent decision on agency rulemaking means for the current administration
On today's Federal Newscast, with the Supreme Court overturning a 40-year-old precedent at the core of how federal agencies issue regulations, the top Republicans on two House committees are asking agencies how they’re affected by the decision.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Everyone would need to sign up for the Selective Service System if the SASC gets its way
In today's Federal Newscast, the Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the defense policy bill would make registering for military conscription automatic for all citizens.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.