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

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 ...

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. Agencies are updating essay questions for federal job seekers following a court ruling, replacing a question about a candidate’s favorite executive order of ...

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 ...

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. The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) approved a new voluntary mediation program administered by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to ...

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 ...

A bipartisan bill aimed at improving customer service and modernizing operations at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) passed the U.S. Senate unanimously. The bipartisan Taxpayer Assistance and ...

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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.” ...