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Civilian feds are almost sure to see a 2% pay raise in 2025. President Biden formally announced plans for next year’s salary hike this afternoon. The pay plan accounts for a 1.7% across-the-board increase, plus an average of a 0.3% locality pay adjustment. federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2024/08/bi…

I spoke to a bunch of USPS employees in areas ravaged by Helene. They are dealing with destroyed homes and cars, family deaths, flooded out post offices, no water or electricity, but still making their deliveries every day govexec.com/workforce/2024…

Social Security Fairness Act to repeal WEP and GPO heading to President Biden’s desk

News for federal employees today: President Biden signed an executive order finalizing a 2% pay raise (on average) for civilian feds. It'll take effect in January. Federal News Network federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2024/12/bi…

1/7: Federal offices in the DC area are CLOSED. Emergency and telework-ready employees must follow their agency’s policies. Visit the link for more details: opm.gov/status

THURS| Federal News Network Reporter Drew Friedman (Drew Friedman) discusses President Trump's executive actions aimed at the federal government workforce. Watch live at 9:00am ET!

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In a call with reporters, Mark Warner raises concerns about OPM's offer to most federal employees to voluntarily resign -- such as what happens if large numbers of FAA employees take the deal. "We’d have an air traffic emergency.”

NEWS: Trump administration’s “deferred resignation” program for federal employees is on hold for the time being. OPM has to send federal employees an update informing them of the court-ordered pause. Another hearing is scheduled for Monday. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025…

SCOOP: Senior leaders at GSA are planning to relocate staff from their current HQ to the nearby Interior Department, with the goal of selling the 1800 F St. building. Plus there's talks for a GSA/OPM/OMB merger in the long term federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025…

A federal judge has put a hold on OPM’s “deferred resignation” offer, but that’s not stopping the VA from seeking more takers. A VA nurse says she received this latest email 30 mins ago:

An IRS manager tells Federal News Network the agency plans to fire about 6,000 employees over the course of the next two days: "All managers are to be hands on deck in office to be ready for the offboarding process."

Update from sources this morning on the situation at IRS: "[Small Business/Self-Employed] division at our campus is getting gutted as we speak." Probationary employees in most areas to be let go ~11am for day shift. Some were fired yesterday. "It's absolutely heartbreaking."

Hearing from multiple sources that GSA has laid off nearly everybody in its Region 10 office, which serves Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

Federal employees who were recently fired from their jobs at the Department of Agriculture will be reinstated, at least temporarily, after the Merit Systems Protection Board found reasonable grounds that their terminations were unlawful. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025…

🚨A federal judge is ordering several agencies -- VA, USDA, DOD, Energy, Interior & Treasury -- to immediately reinstate thousands of recently fired probationary employees, having ruled that OPM "unlawfully" directed those firings.

Scoop: As part of its return-to-office plans, OPM is planning to spend more than $42M to relocate approximately 250 employees — or about $166,000 per employee. That's significantly higher than what the average federal employee makes in a year. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025…

Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, a longtime advocate for the federal workforce and government IT modernization, died this morning. He announced he was stepping down as ranking member last month after his esophageal cancer returned