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White House seeks $50 million to push OPM-GSA merger
The White House budget proposed moving ahead with the administration’s reorganization plan to fold the Office of Personnel Management into the General Services Administration, and is exploring what can be done without congressional approval.
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OPM chief says pay bump for feds is coming soon
Acting OPM Director Margaret Weichert said that the pay raise approved by lawmakers in the most recent appropriations package will hit paychecks after "exceedingly legalistic" hurdles are cleared.
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White House budget targets federal benefits, pay and leave
The White House's fiscal year 2020 budget adds to a previously proposed pay freeze and retirement cuts with planned cuts to leave.
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80+ lawmakers push for contractor back pay
As federal employees still wait to receive their retroactive pay raise, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle from both chambers are pushing appropriators to include back pay for federal contractors.
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DOD slow-walking reorg, watchdog says
The Government Accountability Office found that the Defense Department lacked a proper analysis and transition plan to move certain duties from the CIO to the chief management officer.
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GSA chief takes heat on FBI HQ plans
Now that they're in the majority, House Democrats are pressing for answers on why a planned move by the FBI to a suburban campus was derailed.
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White House proposes deep cuts to federal benefits
The White House renewed pushes to cut federal retirement benefits and pay, move away from the general schedule and transfer workforce functions away from the government's central personnel agency.
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Unions expecting pay freeze, workforce cuts in Trump budget
With the president's fiscal year 2020 budget planned slated for release on March 11, federal unions are bracing for proposed cuts to retirement benefits and agency size, as well as a civilian pay freeze.
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VA and DOD set to pick health data decider
Top officials at the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are closing in on a plan to name a single person to settle disputes between the two agencies when it comes to the implementation of the Cerner electronic health record.
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Lawmakers seek answers on CBP's HR contract
Lawmakers pressed Accenture Federal Services over a $300 million contract to build a hiring system for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Federal unions face a busy 2019 in Congress and in the courts
Much of the legislative wish list for one of the federal government's largest unions consists of fighting against workforce changes proposed in the first two years of the Trump administration.
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House Dems to federal HR: Where's that pay raise?
Nine capital-area Democrats want answers from the Trump administration on when a 1.9 percent pay raise for civilian feds will start showing up in employee paychecks.
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Trump picks candidate to lead OPM
Dale Cabaniss, a former chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, is set to take over as the federal government's top human resources official.
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Federal government rolls out new framework for security clearance process
Trusted Workforce 2.0 is new framework to improve a security clearance process that has received criticism across the spectrum for being slow, inefficient and overly reliant on manual procedures.
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MSPB set to enter unprecedented territory with no members
At midnight March 1, the Merit Systems Protection Board will be in unprecedented territory: without a single appointed member.
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How legacy IT complicates hiring at DHS
As the Department of Homeland Security continues to dig out from the shutdown, staffing challenges are exacerbated by legacy IT systems.
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How innovation draws techies to GSA
IT modernization not only makes agencies run better, it also helps with getting top IT talent, said GSA's CIO.
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Pay raise for feds likely included in funding bill
A long-sought 1.9 percent pay raise appears to be packaged in appropriations bills to keep the government fully open for the rest of the fiscal year. Back pay for contractors, however, was dropped from the compromise package.
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Trump taps Education adviser to lead OFPP
Michael Wooten, a senior advisor on acquisitions at the Federal Student Aid office, was nominated to lead the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
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