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OPM Director Berry furious over federal pay editorial

Office of Personnel Director John Berry expressed his frustration and anger about a recent op-ed in The Washington Times. Federal News Radio has been covering the debate over federal employee pay all week.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , Washington Times , USA Today , Dorothy Ramienski

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OPM to host workshops on hiring

Agency to collaborate with the Partnership for Public Service on in-person and online sessions to help agencies hire, recruit and retain workers.

Tags: pay and benefits , Nancy Kichak , OPM , Partnership for Public Service , federal hiring

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High drug prices targeted in House FEHBP plan

Some federal workers who participate in the Federal Employee Health Benefit Program's prescription drug plan are paying 15-45 percent more than other comparable government programs. The result is feds and retired feds are not getting the best benefit at the best price for their prescriptions. So says a House subcommittee that is considering legislation to fix long-term systemic problems with the FEHBP and its spiraling drug costs.

Tags: P&B , FEHBP , Stephen Lynch , House Federal Workforce Subcommittee , OPM , Patrick McFarland , Max Cacas

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Analysis: Senior Correspondent Mike Causey on snow closings

WFED's Mike Causey says it's the worst decision any OPM director ever has to make.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Mike Causey , OPM , snow , snow closings

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OPM to test new employee health services

Agencies issues a RFQ for a vendor to provide a variety of wellness and health services in a pilot program for three agencies in Washington.

Tags: pay and benefits , OPM , GSA , Interior , State , Employee health and wellness

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OPM Director Berry doesn't regret decision to open

Berry tells Federal News Radio that he considered many factors before deciding to call for a delayed opening/unscheduled leave. He stressed that he was under no political pressure to do so, and expressed his desire to use the entire week as a reason to push for an increase in teleworking throughout the federal government.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , snow , snow closings , telework , COOP , telecommuting , Dorothy Ramienski

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Mikulski asks OPM about retirement system troubles

The Maryland Senator calls the problem "urgent" and "unacceptable." Mikulski wants to know why federal employees have to wait so long to receive data on retirement payments.

Tags: pay and benefits , Barbara Mikulski , OPM , Retirement Systems Modernization

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Analysis: Snow, closings set historic record for federal government

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has more.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Mike Causey , OPM , snow , snow closings , Dorothy Ramienski

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OPM: Federal government closed Tuesday

Director John Berry says he relies on a 6:00 p.m. conference call with local governments to help make the decision on the operating status of the federal government.

Tags: mngt , snow closing , OPM ,

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OPM Director Berry says open/close status to be made after 6 p.m.

Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry joins us at 3 p.m. to talk about making the call to close the federal government. We'll ask him which way he's leaning for tomorrow when the next big snow event is being predicted. Federal agencies that employ 230,000 in Washington were closed today at an estimated cost of $100 million.

Tags: P&B , government closing , weather , OPM

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