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1 week ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
A recent ruling by the Supreme Court could mean a new rash of pay claims for federal employees who may also serve as military reservists. The court ruled on April 30 in its Feliciano v. Department of Transportation decision that military reservists called up to active duty during a national emergency are entitled to the difference between their military and civilian salaries regardless of whether that service was substantially connected to the emergency in question.
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3 weeks ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
A group of Democratic senators blasted recent Office of Personnel Management guidance that pointed to the “great flexibility” agencies have in offering salaries to some political appointees as a recruitment tool, calling for the acting director to detail which Trump administration may have received the maximum federal salaries as a result. Sens.
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1 month ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, is taking another shot at a bill designed to extend the health benefits for the surviving spouse of a fallen service member. The Gold Star Spouse Healthcare Enhancement Act (H.R. 3594) would ensure that surviving spouses retain their active-duty family member status in TRICARE Prime, the Defense Department’s managed health care option insurance plan, to help provide them with fewer out-of-pocket expenses.
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1 month ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
The Government Accountability Office ruled against the Transportation Department and its component agency Thursday over a February memorandum that aimed to halt spending on a Biden-era grant program to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The watchdog determined that the Feb.
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1 month ago |
govexec.com | Carten Cordell
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., thinks that the Veteran Affairs Department is moving too slowly in its efforts to implement legislation signed into law in January. Blumenthal, the ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, aired his concerns that the department dragging its feet in implementing the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act (S.
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