Jason Briefel

For General Schedule employees, pay compression got a little worse in 2024

After the latest 5.2% federal pay raise, pay compression now applies to 60% of locality pay areas, with some senior-level feds in 35 of the 58 areas hitting…

Federal Report

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Heading into 2024, OPM ‘fundamentally rethinking’ federal hiring

Hiring/Retention

What the just-out Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results tell us

Workforce

Derace Lauderdale

Reforming federal hiring: Does the Chance to Compete Act promise more than the government can deliver?

Federal Report

House bill aims to reduce effects of pay compression for senior-level feds

Pay

FILE - A box filled with dollar bills is shown in New York, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Even though your tax refund can feel like a gift from the government, the best use of those funds is not always apparent. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Exclusive

Locality tweaks are only the tip of the federal pay iceberg, managers coalition warns

SES

Office of Personnel Management

Group of current and former OPM directors and deputy directors attend CHCO Council 20th anniversary celebration and awards ceremony

The CHCO Council’s role is growing, but major recruitment and retention challenges remain

Hiring/Retention

‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law

Agency Oversight

Advocacy groups raise concerns about federal pay system amid growing wage gap

Pay

Results out for third round of pulse surveys, what should agencies do with the data?

Workforce

Recognizing Public Servants: Their Success & Their Needs

FEDtalk

Tackling the Life Insurance Gender Equity Gap

This week on FEDtalk, the panel discusses life insurance considerations, trends in access to coverage, and the future of benefits. Host Jason Briefel joins…

FEDtalk

Merit Systems Protection Board, files, seal, stack, papers

Senior federal employees also have reason to be glad the Merit Systems Protection Board is back in business

The Senior Executives Association, which represents the government’s highest ranking career officials, is especially glad the Merit Systems Protection…

Agency Oversight

Mission to Mars with Management Concepts

FEDtalk

With a compelling storyline of acquisition support in a ground mission to Mars, Management Concepts launches an experiential, cohort-based program designed for new acquisition professionals. On the next episode of FEDtalk, Management Concepts reveals Career Gateway: Acquisition.