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Baby’s first clearance: What to expect when expecting secret access
What employers know and what students may not realize is that security clearances equal money.
OPM temporarily drops relocation requirements for special military spouse hiring
The new Office of Personnel Management regulation allows agencies to use military spouse special hiring authorities in a broader range of cases.
By Jessie Bur
Locality pay would be more even under proposed legislation
Proposed legislation would prevent hourly wage employees from receiving a different locality pay adjustment than salaried employees working in the same location.
By Jessie Bur
Workforce shortages are ‘significant’ to agencies’ high-risk problems
Nearly two-thirds of high-risk problems outlined by the Government Accountability Office have a significant workforce component.
By Jessie Bur
Legislators seek guaranteed time off for COVID vaccinations
Washington, D.C.-area members of congress want the Office of Personnel Management to mandate administrative leave options for feds that need to get vaccinated during work hours.
By Jessie Bur
OPM places senior position applications on hold
Applications for the Senior Executive Service may face delays as the Office of Personnel Management has placed a hold on a final step in the hiring process.
By Jessie Bur
Most feds to get expanded leave carryover under OPM guidance
Federal employees will be allowed to carry over 125 percent of the usual maximum leave from 2020 into 2021.
By Jessie Bur
Senate appropriators propose federal pay freeze for 2021
Federal employees would be frozen at 2020 pay rates under proposed Senate funding bills.
By Jessie Bur
OPM finalizes rules to address new and underperforming employees
The finalized rule would enable agency managers to move more quickly through disciplinary processes and encourages keeping new feds in career limbo for their first year.
By Jessie Bur
OPM places all diversity training on hold, pending review
The Office of Personnel Management plans to review all diversity and inclusion training programs, before allowing agencies to continue with them.
By Jessie Bur
How the new COVID response bill would impact feds
The scaled-down HEROES Act still contains language that would keep feds out of the office and provide more straightforward avenues for those that contract the disease.
By Jessie Bur