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IRS chief to step down upon Trump's inauguration, well before his term expires
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The head of the Internal Revenue Service will step down after President-elect Trump’s inauguration on Monday, he told employees on Friday, despite his term not expiring until 2027. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel told staff his early departure would be the best thing for the agency given that Trump (more...)
Senior executive standards get first update in more than 15 years
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Office of Personnel Management is updating the qualifications and characteristics used to select and assess members of the Senior Executive Service for the first time in more than 15 years. OPM’s updates to the SES executive core qualifications, announced Wednesday, will take effect on July 1. Acting (more...)
The civil service system is a barrier to effective talent management
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Former President Carter’s recent death reminds us that it’s been almost 50 years since the Civil Service Reform Act was passed. Stuart Eizenstat, Carter’s chief domestic adviser, told Federal News Network in 2018, that at the time the president thought that federal employees needed “more flexibility, more incentives, (more...)
Trump nominees offer praise to career feds, but promise efficiencies
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Several of President-elect Trump’s picks to lead key agencies told lawmakers this week they will value and support the career federal workforce, even as they mostly declined to commit to preserving current staffing levels. While many of his top advisors and Trump himself have taken an antagonistic approach (more...)
Democrats introduce bills to provide feds 4.3% average pay raise in 2026, standardize retiree COLAs
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Congressional Democrats on Thursday reintroduced two bills aimed at boosting federal workers and retirees’ pay, though the chance of their passage under the GOP’s control of government is slim. First, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., and Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, introduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act, an (more...)
Biden lauds federal workforce’s dedication in farewell letter
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ With days left in his term of office, President Joe Biden penned a letter to federal employees, obtained by Government Executive, Thursday thanking them for their service to the country during his administration. “You could have chosen to do anything with your talents, but you chose public service. Every (more...)
Inspectors general have a new bipartisan caucus in the Senate
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ A bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday launched the Inspector General Caucus, shortly before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump who fired five inspectors general over a span of six weeks in 2020 during his first term. Members of the new caucus said their goal is to support (more...)
How to prepare for an unexpected retirement
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ Federal employees who are planning for retirement have a multitude of questions that need to be addressed so that they can prepare for a smooth transition and a financially secure life after retirement. Today, I am going to share a question-and-answer session I recently had with an employee (more...)
House Oversight Republicans open Congress with rants against telework, unions
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ GOP lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee opened the year in much the same way they spent the last two years: railing against telework and unions at federal agencies. At a hearing Wednesday entitled ‘The Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce,’ Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., blamed customer service (more...)
VA employees ordered to pay back bonuses over misconduct now have an appeal process
This post first appeared on Government Executive. Read the original article. <![CDATA[ The Office of Personnel Management on Wednesday published an interim final rule setting procedures for current and former Veterans Affairs Department employees to appeal recoupments of awards, bonuses and relocation expenses under the 2017 VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act; although, the Biden administration has largely stopped using (more...)