House Committee Highlights Issues with OPM, going over several topics from Hiring to Cybersecurity to Locality Pay. This article examines the hiring concerns that were accentuated. The House Appropriations Committee released a statement listing their concerns with the Office of ... Read More

House Committee Highlights Issues with OPM, going over several topics from Hiring to Cybersecurity to Locality Pay. This article examines the IT concerns that were accentuated. The House Appropriations Committee released a statement listing their concerns with the Office of ... Read More

STWS Advisor, Jen Meyer, explores why the 2021 COLA might be zero As the summer heat reaches its peak in August every year, speculation begins to heat up regarding what the annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) federal annuitants will ... Read More

75% of the federal staff at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) were almost furloughed with revenue from applications sharply declining The USCIS was provided fiscal relief by Congress in the form of $1.2 billion in emergency funding for ... Read More

The Winners of the 2020 Invention and Software Awards went to teams designing systems for drones, robo-gloves, and an “app store” for Astronauts Every year, three teams are picked by NASA’s Inventions and Contributions Board to be recognized for their ... Read More

The Presidential Rank Awards were Canceled for only the second time in its 41-year-old history. The first time was in 2013 during a recession. The Trump administration canceled the Presidential Rank Awards for 2020 claiming that focus and resources were ... Read More

The General Scale Pay Raise for 2021 is set to be 1% unless Congress can change it- the Military’s pay is set to increase 3% next year As things stand now, in the dog days of July, salaries for military ... Read More

Edward A. Zurndorfer – Mid-career federal employees – those employees covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and who generally between 10 years and 20 years of federal service – are highly encouraged to perform what is called a ... Read More

Social Security for Federal Employees- this is one of the crucial legs of the FERS (Federal Employee Retirement System) Tripod. There’s social security, the FERS annuity, and then the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). But don’t forget about the 4th leg: ... Read More

The Federal Viewpoint Survey, or FEVS, for 2020 Gets Postponed Again, Plus the Results from Last Year’s questionnaire about the US Government’s workforce The FEVS (Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey) is conducted every year in May and then its results are ... Read More