Legislation Proposing 5.3% Pay Raise Officially Introduced
It was announced earlier this month that legislation would be introduced to give federal employees a 5.3% pay increase in 2017. That bill has now officially been introduced in the House.
Author: Ian Smith
Report: Agencies Fall Short in Delivering Customer Service
A new report says that federal agencies come up short in delivering great customer service and offers recommendations for ways agencies can improve the customer experience when dealing with the public.
OPM CIO Donna Seymour Resigns
The Office of Personnel Management’s Chief Information Officer, Donna Seymour, has announced her retirement after mounting pressure for her to step down over her role in the data breaches that hit the agency’s computer networks.
FedSmith.com Users Agree With AFGE: 2017 Raise Should be 5.3%
FedSmith.com users said in a recent poll that federal workers deserve a 5.3% pay raise in 2017.
House Committee Concerned About Potential for Abuse of Employee Bonuses Within TSA
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said in a recent letter to Transportation Security Administration Administrator Peter Neffenger that the Committee is concerned about the possibility of abuse within the system used to pay bonuses to TSA employees.
House Committee Wants to Know How Many Firearms DHS Lost
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is asking the Department of Homeland Security to provide details on the badges, cell phones and guns that recently went missing at the agency.
Cobert Says More Funding Needed to Fix Retirement Applications Backlog
Acting Office of Personnel Management director Beth Cobert recently addressed the agency’s seemingly endless backlog of retirement applications and discussed the steps being taken to improve it.
House Committee Fires Off Letters Demanding Data on Federal Employees’ Use of ‘Official Time’
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) fired off numerous letters late last week to various federal agency leaders requesting data on federal employees’ use of official time.
Legislation Would Give Federal Employees a 5.3% Raise in 2017
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is reporting that Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) has introduced legislation in support of AFGE’s proposal to give federal employees a 5.3% pay raise in 2017.
Should the Selective Service be Abolished?
Is it time to abolish the Selective Service System? A group of lawmakers in the House think so and have introduced legislation that would do just that.
