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CBO – Reconciliation Recommendations of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
H. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, instructed the House Committee on Oversight ...
Act Now: Protect Earned Federal Retirement and Health Benefits from Budget Cuts
In the “committee print” language, they cut earned federal retirement and health benefits and disincentivize the accrual and assertion of ...
OPM touts ‘fully paperless’ retirement application, though concerns remain
Sources warn that the Trump administration has overstated both DOGE’s role in developing online retirement applications and its potential impact ...
Health Savings Account contribution limits will rise in 2026
The IRS recently announced an increase in Health Savings Account contribution limits for 2026 ...
OPM sets June 2 deadline for new retirement applications to be electronic
The Office of Personnel Management is giving agencies less than a month to start submitting all new retirement applications for ...
Answering common questions about Republicans’ proposed federal benefits cuts
It is possible the proposed federal benefits cuts will end up in the final language of the reconciliation bill. But ...
Mackenzie Holds Hearing on FECA Reform and Oversight
Today’s hearing is about examining the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA), a more than a century-old law, to consider how it might ...
Some Hatch Act restrictions loosened under the Trump administration
One of the changes would allow federal employees to once again wear campaign paraphernalia as long as the items are ...
Republicans tee up federal worker benefit cuts to pay for tax cuts
House Republicans last week unveiled a proposal to institute a new round of cuts to federal workers’ retirement benefits, including the imposition ...
Comer Announces Full Committee Markup on Budget Legislation for April 30
Today, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup will take place on Wednesday, ...