A new FMCS rule can deny or delay arbitration when agencies are excluded from bargaining. Here’s what it means for federal ...

Former federal employees ran for Congress and other elected offices after President Trump's changes to government. Who won, ...

The OPM retirement backlog rose to 10,606 claims at the end of October 2026, its first monthly increase since February and the end of a seven-month run of declines. The Office of Personnel Management ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by three former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees who lost their jobs after the agency closed its diversity office, even as she ...

For federal employees, the most practical election question is: Will the results change your paycheck, protect your benefits or reduce the chance of going without pay during another shutdown? While ...

Ronald Reagan was one of the most popular presidents in modern history. As a former Hollywood actor, he had an uncommon degree of charisma. The conservatives absolutely loved Reagan for his efforts to ...

If you hold a security clearance or are about to apply for one, you have probably heard some version of this advice: do not see a therapist, because it will end up on your SF-86 and cost you your ...

As federal agencies cancel union contracts under President Trump’s executive orders, the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) issued a decision finding that a newly negotiated collective ...

For federal retirees, few issues generate as much anxiety as Medicare’s Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount (IRMAA). The instinctive response is simple: avoid it at all costs. Yet for many ...

Should you fund the Dependent Care FSA this year? For most federal parents, yes, and the savings could be larger than the enrollment screen suggests. However, for a GS-11 whose spouse works part time, ...

A federal employee with $500,000 in the TSP’s S Fund lost approximately $22,800 on November 5. Someone with the same amount in the C Fund lost about $21,800. That is enough to get almost anyone’s ...

The Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) has set up a “current known issues” page to detail some of the more frequent problems that plan participants have encountered since the transition to the mutual fund ...