Fed Benefit Changes Made as Updated Reconciliation Bill Clears House, Trump Calls on Quick Senate Action

Fed Benefit Changes Made as Updated Reconciliation Bill Clears House, Trump Calls on Quick Senate Action

Changes are made to federal benefit cuts as the House last week narrowly passed, on a vote of 215-214-1, the ...
The ‘new deal’ for federal retirement: What the latest FERS proposals really mean for your benefits

The ‘new deal’ for federal retirement: What the latest FERS proposals really mean for your benefits

Little by little, the proposals have become somewhat less devastating and a little more fair to employees who have been ...
Trump administration begins cracking down on federal employees' use of leave for voting

Trump administration begins cracking down on federal employees’ use of leave for voting

With some key primary elections at the state level occurring in the coming weeks, the Trump administration has begun notifying ...
House Bill Seeks Increased Oversight of Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

House Bill Seeks Increased Oversight of Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board

A new bill introduced in the House of Representatives aims to strengthen oversight of the federal government’s retirement savings plan ...
NARFE Urges SSA to Extend Retroactivity for WEP/GPO Repeal

NARFE Urges SSA to Extend Retroactivity for WEP/GPO Repeal

NARFE will continue to follow this issue and provide updated information as it is available on our website.  ...
DOGE could scrap identity protections for those impacted by OPM breach, senator warns

DOGE could scrap identity protections for those impacted by OPM breach, senator warns

Sen. Mark Warner urged OPM’s acting director to ensure identity protection services continue for the more than 21 million individuals ...
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch and Ranking Member Steny Hoyer Mobilize to Combat Attacks on Federal Workers Included in Republicans’ Extreme Budget Bill

Rep. Stephen F. Lynch and Ranking Member Steny Hoyer Mobilize to Combat Attacks on Federal Workers Included in Republicans’ Extreme Budget Bill

The roundtable follows a full Committee markup of the Reconciliation bill in which Oversight Committee Democrats offered twenty-five amendments that would add ...
House Republicans’ pension changes will save nearly $51B, CBO says

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

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

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 ...