OPM

Oct 8th

With Go Ahead from OPM, Agencies Press Forward With Efforts to Cripple Federal Unions

Unions likely to face evictions, severe restrictions on official time. he Trump administration has directed agencies to begin implementing the president’s executive orders targeting federal employee unions and their disciplinary processes, with some departments already moving forward with threats to evict the labor groups from their government offices. The memorandum from Office of Personnel Management […]

Oct 3rd

NARFE: FEHB Premium Increase for 2020 Disappointing for America’s Active and Retired Federal Employees

October 2, 2019 Alexandria, Va. – In response to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announcing today that the average Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program premiums for America’s active and retired federal workers will increase by an average 4.0 percent in 2020 – with the share paid by federal civil servants increasing by an […]

Oct 2nd

OPM Announces 2020 Health, Dental, and Vision Program Premiums

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced today that for plan year 2020, the average total premiums for current non-Postal employees and retirees enrolled in plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program will increase 4.0 percent. This year’s increase, while higher than last year’s historically low increase, is comparable […]

Sep 26th

OPM Announces 2019 Health, Dental, and Vision Program Premiums

9/26/18 WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced today that for plan year 2019, the average total premiums for current non-Postal employees and retirees enrolled in plans under the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program will increase 1.3 percent, which is the lowest increase since the 1996 plan year. Under the […]

Jun 14th

Senators urge OPM not to cut retirement benefits for federal workforce

Senator Urge OPM Director Not to Balance Budget On Backs of Federal Workforce WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and a group of 25 Senators wrote a letter to Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Jeff Pon, urging the Trump Administration not to cut retirement benefits for the nation’s federal workforce. […]

Jun 8th

Postal Stakeholders Are Impressed With Trump’s USPS Task Force So Far

6/8/2018 President Trump’s task force to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service is up and running, and despite concerns that its members would simply follow the direction preset by the tweeter-in-chief, stakeholders in the postal community are impressed with seriousness and attention to detail with which the group has approached its undertaking. The task force, established by […]

Jun 8th

Postal Unions submits postal workforce recommendations to White House

June 5, 2018 In a meeting with the White House today, NALC President Fred Rolando delivered policy recommendations to the White House Task Force on the Postal Service. The Task Force, comprised of the heads of OPM, OMB and the Department of the Treasury, was established in April via executive order from President Trump. It […]

Jun 8th

NARFE VP discusses Trump’s proposed changes to federal employees benefits

5/31/2018 Jessica Klement, Staff Vice President for advocacy at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, discusses the proposed changes to Federal Employee Benefits, and what the future of hiring federal workers will look like. This month, the Office of Personnel Management laid out some major changes to the benefits that federal employees receive. […]

May 16th

Mail Handlers Union Meet with Presidential Task Force During 120 Day Study of USPS

President Hogrogian and Secretary-Treasurer Dwyer Meet with Presidential Task Force During 120 Day Study of USPS 5/16/2018 The Trump Administration issued an Executive Order creating a task force charged with evaluating the operations and finances of the U.S. Postal Service, covering topics like pricing, USPS policies, and workforce costs.  Specifically, the Task Force is being […]

May 11th

NAPS: OPM Legislation Would Slash Retirement Benefits

OPM Legislation Would Slash Retirement Benefits 5/10/2018 Happy Public Service Recognition Week! As the Washington Post reported, that’s what the head of the Trump Administration’s central personnel agency said on the eve of PSRW last Friday when he sent to Congress a package of unprecedented Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposals to strip major benefits […]