USPS pension puzzle
Here’s an intriguing nugget from the U.S. Postal Service’s latest quarterly report: Even as the Obama administration agrees that the Postal Service is owed a huge refund on past payments to its pension...
View ArticleOPM’s Berry, NTEU’s Kelley to square off against Heritage, AEI
The House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on the federal workforce just sent me the witness list for next week’s hearing on federal employees’ pay. Let’s just say this will be as close to...
View ArticleUSPS pension puzzle (revisited)
Attentive (and we mean really attentive) Fedline readers might remember a post from last month about the apparent disconnect of the Office of Personnel Management’s charging the U.S. Postal Service...
View ArticleOPM: Treat transgender employees with respect
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry today sent a memo to agencies answering common questions about how transgender and transitioning employees should be treated in the federal workplace....
View ArticleOPM honors CFC campaigns
The Office of Personnel Management yesterday honored some of the most successful Combined Federal Campaigns and volunteers for their hard work during the most recent pledge drive. “Federal employees...
View ArticleThe heat is on
As the East Coast is slammed by a heat wave and temperatures soar into the triple digits, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry wants agencies to look out for their employees. Berry...
View ArticleOPM: Equal pay for equal work is a must
The Office of Personnel Management and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today issued a memo reminding agencies how important it is to eliminate the pay gap between men and women in the...
View ArticleUSAJobs problems prompt application deadline extension
Having trouble getting through to the latest iteration of USAJobs.gov? You’ll probably have three more weeks to apply for your desired job. The Office of Personnel Management today said it has asked...
View ArticleSenate hearing to investigate OPM’s pension delays
The Senate is calling Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry to Capitol Hill next week to explain how he plans to fix OPM’s longstanding delayed pension problem. Berry will appear before...
View ArticleOPM pension processing hamstrung by outdated IT
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry’s plan to fix its longstanding pension processing problem got a relatively warm reception on Capitol Hill today. But there were some red flags raised,...
View ArticleOPM’s John Berry skeptical of CBO study showing overpaid feds
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry yesterday weighed in on the Congressional Budget Office study that found federal employees are compensated 16 percent higher than private sector...
View ArticleOPM’s Berry: Justice Dept. opinion ties my hands on gay spouses’ health benefits
Last week we reported that even though lesbian federal employee Karen Golinski won health coverage for her wife — courtesy of a February court ruling — the Office of Personnel Management is still...
View ArticleAppeals court strikes down DOMA as unconstitutional
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan today ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, the Associated Press said, becoming the second federal appeals court to do so this...
View ArticleAfter critical audit, Washington-area CFC manager gets back more than $100K
The non-profit firm that runs the nation’s largest Combined Federal Campaign has recovered about one-third of the $308,000 it had to repay earlier this year after auditors questioned spending for such...
View ArticleJohn Berry: ‘No comment’ on Interior secretary post
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s decision to step down at the end of March opens up one more Cabinet position in the second Obama administration — and may present an opportunity for Office of Personnel...
View ArticleHoyer: John Berry in the running for Interior
Since Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Jan. 16 that he plans to step down at the end of March, federal government watchers have speculated that Office of Personnel Management Director John...
View ArticleHealth insurance: What the Postal Service has in mind
Lest anyone forget, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe remains keenly interested in creating a stand-alone health insurance plan for about 1.1 million U.S. Postal Service employees and retirees. The latest...
View ArticleOPM’s Berry: ‘We are close to the edge of the cliff’
As we reported yesterday, the members of the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations sounded a red alert Wednesday on the state of the federal government’s recruiting and retention...
View ArticleObama: OPM’s Berry ‘a champion for federal workers’
President Obama this afternoon bid farewell to departing Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry today in a statement: John Berry has served the American people well as Director of the...
View ArticleArchuleta sworn in as OPM director
Katherine Archuleta officially became the 10th director of the Office of Personnel Management this morning following a private swearing-in ceremony, the agency said in a news release. Archuleta,...
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