Carten Cordell
Managing Editor at FCW
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1 week ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
The Veteran Affairs Department is aiming to improve the process by which survivors obtain their benefits by again moving an office designed to serve a central resource for information on those benefits.
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3 weeks ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
A new rule proposed on April 18 could change how Thrift Savings Plan-based loans are repaid under reamortization terms. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which governs the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement plan, detailed its plan to amend a loan reamorization rule in the Federal Register. The board proposed a combination of accrued interest with the outstanding principal when reamortizing a loan made out of the TSP.
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4 weeks ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
Some House members are seeking to push back against widespread layoffs, firings and deferred resignations across the federal government with new legislation. A bill put forth by Rep. Johnny Olszewski, D-Md., on April 10 as the Protect Promoted Workers Act (H.R. 2880). It proposes to add more protections for federal employees who have entered a probationary period due to promotion to a competitive service, excepted service or Senior Executive Service position.
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1 month ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
In a time of uncertain federal spending, House members are trying again to bolster personnel resources at two different agencies plagued by staffing shortages with new benefits. Reps. Morgan McGarvey, D-Ky., and Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., reintroduced the Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act (H.R. 2303) on Monday to help whittle down a 200,000-case backlog of veterans’ claims appeals by offering the attorneys processing them new recruitment and retention incentives.
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1 month ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
The budget package that helped avert a government shutdown on Friday when it passed the Senate in a 54-46 vote also ensured that federal wildland firefighters split between the U.S. Forest Service and the Interior Department can retain pay raises originally established with the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law.
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Getting a janitorial contract from @forestservice to help clean federal parks used to take a day-and-a-half. Now, with new layers of DOGE contract review, it takes six weeks and the trash is piling up. Great reporting here from @EricM_Katz. https://t.co/RCuvJb4un7
.@RepDonBeyer has a pair of new bills aiming to offset recent federal workforce reductions, detailed here by @seanthenewsboy, @GovExec. https://t.co/lLJl7q19FD
RT @EricM_Katz: NEW: Veterans Affairs is convening meetings with top officials on plans to shed 10s of 1000s of workers, BUT it's making al…