Open Season Exchange 2022: OPM Director Kiran Ahuja on balancing benefits,...
The Office of Personnel Management always encourages more federal employees and retirees to take advantage of open season, the window of time when participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits...
View ArticleOpen Season Exchange 2022: Health benefits expert Walt Francis on how to...
If you look all 271 of the health plan options available for 2023 under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, it can look overwhelming. How do you pick the right plan when there are so many...
View ArticleOpen Season Exchange 2022: OPM’s Edward DeHarde on why comparing FEHB plans...
Each year, the vast majority of federal employees don’t make changes to their enrollment options for the Federal Employee Health Benefits program. That even includes, at times, employees in the Office...
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It’s not just low pay causing retention issues for federal firefighters
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Although low pay is the challenge most commonly...
View ArticleBills, amendments linger in Congress with lasting implications for feds
Lawmakers have until Dec. 16, when the current continuing resolution expires, to pass the rest of the appropriations bills and fund the government next year, but it’s not the only item on the...
View ArticleOPM to suspend applications for Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program
Those looking to enroll in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program (FLTCIP) will soon have to wait a couple of years before applying. The Office of Personnel Management said it will suspend all...
View ArticleSocial Security’s ‘Evil Twins’ are on House calendar for first time, for a...
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. The Education Department didn’t need to look far to find...
View ArticleWe’ve got your most important list for the big holiday month
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. It may seem like the Fourth of July weekend was just a...
View ArticleSome final advice before this year’s Open Season runs out
Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Just a few days remain before Open Season closes. If you...
View ArticleTools, resources and more for FEHB enrollees during the final days of Open...
Participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program have just a few days left before their health insurance selections will be set for the next year. The open season deadline is looming, but...
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TSP mostly dips in December
The Thrift Savings Plan mostly finished out the month of December in the red. The only exception was the government securities investment G Fund, which rose 0.32%, from $17.18 per share to $17.24....
View ArticleIneligible members in FEHB program may cost OPM nearly $1B annually, GAO says
The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program may be spending nearly a billion dollars annually on ineligible members. The Office of Personnel Management, the agency that runs the health...
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OPM continues progress on retirement claims backlog in December
The Office of Personnel Management’s ended the year with 2,250 fewer claims in its retirement claims processing backlog. OPM received 5,490 claims in December, 500 claims fewer than in November. OPM...
View ArticleGuard members and reservists are losing out on a key benefit each year
Members of the National Guard and military reserves can have complicated lives. Now it turns out, they often lose out on financial benefits they’re entitled to from lenders. That’s according to a...
View ArticleReintroduced bills aim to fix hiring process, Social Security benefits for feds
Lawmakers have teed up two familiar bills that differ in their priorities, but that both have implications for federal employees, as well as retirees from the public sector. The first bill, the Chance...
View ArticleDoes OPM know that spouse on your federal health insurance plan is really...
The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program has a problem. Its overseer, the Office of Personnel Management, doesn’t have a reliable way of know whether plan holders’ family members are actually...
View ArticleVA says it’s ready to process all the burn pit claims pouring in
The latest benefit signed into law for veterans aims to help those exposed to the poisonous fumes of burn pits and other sources. VA officials say they were ready for the Pact Act. For an update,...
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Biden urges agencies to broaden paid, unpaid leave options for federal employees
The Biden administration is calling on agencies to expand federal employees’ access to both paid and unpaid leave options. Agencies should work to broaden both types of leave for the entire federal...
View ArticleLawmakers renew calls to offer paid family and medical leave to federal...
A bicameral pair of Democrats renewed calls to guarantee paid time off for federal employees who are dealing with medical or family issues. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.)...
View Article‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law
After six years, agencies are still missing the final regulations they need to make significant changes to federal administrative leave policy. Congress gave the Office of Personnel Management 270 days...
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