Congress returns to Capitol Hill following the midterms facing a December 11 deadline to fund the government. That means ...

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Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a final rule on staffing plans, human capital, and oversight. The rule puts into place many of the changes already ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. Staffing losses at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) are one of the agency’s top management challenges, with vacancies being felt across key OPM components ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report examined proposed changes to how discrimination complaints filed by federal employees are handled. The changes were ...

Proposed legislation would require the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to publish an annual list of federal employees who hold citizenship in another country as well as the United States. The ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a new governmentwide strategic recruitment plan for fiscal years (FY) 2026-2028 with merit being the “foundation” ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. Rules that will make it easier for federal employees to be promoted without spending a certain amount of time in their current paygrade are finalized and will ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) upheld a third-party arbitrator’s finding that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) removal of telework ...

Proposed legislation aims to make it easier for former federal employees and retirees to obtain their personnel records after leaving federal service and avoid being “trapped in bureaucratic limbo.” ...

Written by Shaw Bransford & Roth P.C. The cost-of-living adjustments for 2027 are in, and Social Security beneficiaries and federal retirees will see increased benefits in 2027 to help offset rising ...