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House Republicans’ pension changes will save nearly $51B, CBO says
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s proposal to overhaul the federal government’s pension benefit system would save nearly $51 ...
OPM wants federal retirement processing fully digitized in three weeks’ time
Agencies are facing a tight timeline to move to a paperless federal retirement process, as the Office of Personnel Management ...
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 ...