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Government open today with unscheduled leave, telework options
In anticipation of severe weather in the Washington, D.C., region, the Office of Personnel Management has changed the operating of the federal government to open with options for unscheduled leave and telework for some federal employees.
Tags: operating status , Michael OConnell
Phased retirement: Here but not for everybody!
The good news is that phased retirement is here at last. OPM has issued the draft regulations that will permit some people to transition into retirement. The not-so-good-news is that phased retirement isn't for everybody, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. You may want it, but does it want you?
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , retirement , phased retirement ,
OPM issues phased retirement guidance
Federal employees who choose to retire part-time and return to federal service under a new phased-retirement option will have to spend at least 20 percent of their time on mentoring activities, according to proposed rules from the Office of Personnel Management, which were released today in the Federal Register
Tags: pay and benefits , phased retirement , retirement , Jack Moore
OPM offering 300 buyouts, early outs across 14 divisions
The Office of Personnel Management wants to trim its ranks as part of a comprehensive workforce strategy. The goal is to transform the workforce to better align skills and mission needs.
Tags: workforce , buyouts , early outs , Jason Miller
IG: 'Serious problems' with OPM's $2B revolving fund must be addressed
The Office of Personnel Management's inspector general says he needs $6 million to address "serious problems" with the agency's $2 billion revolving fund. Patrick McFarland told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that his current budget isn't nearly enough to root out waste, fraud and abuse across the revolving fund and other areas of OPM.
Tags: technology , management , Charles Grimes , Blake Farenthold , Patrick McFarland , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Lacy Clay , HR services , HR line of business , Linda Brooks Rix , Avue Technologies , Jason Miller
OPM processes fewer retirement applications than expected in May
The Office of Personnel Management's efforts to process retirement claims and reduce a longstanding backlog slipped last month, after the agency was forced to cancel employee overtime because of automatic budget cuts. OPM processed 10,954 claims in May, according to new data, 546 fewer than it had projected. That's only the third time in the past 16 months - since the agency rolled out a new plan for clearing the backlog — that OPM failed to hit its processing goal.
Tags: retirement , retirement backlog , Jack Moore , sequestration , overtime
What can Katherine Archuleta do for feds?
President Barack Obama recently nominated the manager of his re-election campaign to head up the Office of Personnel Management. But who is Katherine Archuleta and what can feds expect from the woman chosen to manage the federal workforce? Archuleta's former boss at the Transportation Department tells Federal News Radio what he thinks she'll bring to the table.
Tags: Katherine Archuleta , Federico Pena , John Palguta , Ron Sanders , Michael OConnell , people , Senate , management
Sequestration threatens OPM's low-tech plan to beat retirement backlog
Not that long ago, the Office of Personnel Management faced a crisis in processing retirement claims. In part two of our special report, "Retirement Conundrum," Federal News Radio examines how OPM set out to beat its backlog, and how it can stay ahead of an unexpected surge in claims amid automatic budget cuts that threaten to derail progress.
Tags: backlog , Ken Zawodny , retirement , pay and benefits , Retirement Conundrum , Dave Snell , NARFE , George Kettner , Jack Moore
Forecasting the retirement wave: What's behind the flubbed predictions?
A federal retirement tsunami has been predicted for years but never quite materialized. In our special report, "Retirement Conundrum," Federal News Radio reexamines the trends and developments that led to the botched predictions and what it means today with a recent uptick in retirements reviving old worries.
Tags: retirement , Retirement Conundrum , workforce , pay and benefits , John Palguta , Jeff Neal , Peter Leeds , Partnership for Public Service , MSPB , Dave Snell , NARFE , Jack Moore , exclusive
Fast-tracking phased retirement
It's been nearly a year since Congress set up the program to allow employees to take phased retirement, working three or four days a week to help mentor their successors and get used to retirement. And although it's been fast-tracked, it still hasn't happened, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So, what's up?
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , workforce , pay and benefits , retirement , phased retirement
