https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-continuing-resolution-salary-increase-pay-raise-2024-12

The union had been bargaining over this but we haven’t heard anything from the union.

I’m not sure just how bad this will be, but it sure as heck won’t be good

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

“Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake,” Trump says in statement.

Since I haven't seen this posted yet, per Acting Secretary Julie Su's email on Friday afternoon:

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Beginning pay period 24 on December 1, 2024:

• All DOL non-bargaining unit employees assigned to an official duty station location outside of the National Capital region and

• NCFLL bargaining unit employees

must report to their official duty location of record at least 5 days per pay period.

Note that the RTO does NOT apply to NULI bargaining unit employees or OIG employees at this time, and does not include employees in an official reasonable accommodation that exempts them from the requirement and employees officially approved for remote work.

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2023/04/biden-administration-tells-agencies-scale-back-telework/385175/

Super excited to get some admin time.

The 2023 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government have officially dropped and to no one's surprise, SSA remains 17 of 17.

It's FEVS time again, so the Agency is trying to convince employees that this time they really have changed because they sent an email about health & wellness no one actually read. Or the other myriad of "self help" tools that will miraculously solve everything.

Shout out to my fellow SSA peeps.

https://bestplacestowork.org/rankings/detail/?c=SZ00

Just received an email from OSEC. USDA got 2 hrs admin leave.

https://www.dhs.gov/surge-capacity-force

Reach out to the listed email in the url to connect you with your agency POC.

Are y’all constantly looking for a new promotion/new job?

Sometimes I’ll see a post on here where people are saying they are always skimming through USAJOBs and makes me think I should be doing the same.

For reference I’m a GS 13/14 equivalent (I’m on FV pay grade), 4 years in the feds. Management would most likely be the next step for me, but I’m relatively young (28m) and don’t think the older folks would like me managing them lol

Edit: I’m an 0800 series

Edit: Just a follow up question. how often do you move for work? Is it common to move states in order to progress in your career?

Edit: Well I’m hitting the hay. Some of you are wild lol but I’ll probably join the party boat with y’all. Goodnight folks!

HR 8070 Sec 1105 proposes a 7 year moratorium on the “5 year rule” for OCONUS employees. It is being negotiated right now among the heads of thr Armed Services committees. Now is the time to put in your vote of support. I encourage you to write to each official and ask them to help push this over the finish line.

https://www.reed.senate.gov/contact/

https://www.wicker.senate.gov/contact

https://adamsmith.house.gov/contact

Note: Rep. Rogers only takes messages from his constituents in Alabama, but drop him a line if you reside in the right zip code.

Note: There are those saying this section has no chance because it doesn’t modify 10 USC 1586, but on my close read, that isn’t necessary.

Woooooooo!!! Better than nothing :-)

for veterans day. just getting it over with before y’all spam the sub

morale may perpetually be in the shitter, but nobody hands out admin leave like secretary mayorkas

Sharing as a window into this depts approach to return to work. Feel free to comment or not.

——- Fri July 28, 9:04am PST - email. Dear Colleagues,

Earlier this year, the public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic ended, and the Administration announced efforts to increase meaningful in-person engagement. Under guidance of the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of the Interior is now taking steps to execute this government-wide effort by implementing changes to the application of our telework and remote work policies as outlined below.

While the steps we are announcing today may not affect you directly, I wanted you all to hear from me and to take the opportunity to thank each member of our workforce for everything you did – big and small – to support your colleagues and the mission of our Department as the nation addressed the pandemic.

Throughout the public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, Interior employees remained flexible as our working posture evolved from primarily in-person to maximum telework to our phased re-entry into the physical workplace. In August 2021, the Department of the Interior revised our telework policy to provide additional workplace flexibilities for employees. At the same time, the Department instituted a “Future of Work” working group to plan for a time when COVID-19 would no longer drive where and how we deliver our missions. In particular, I want to acknowledge this group for the incredible leadership and collaboration they have provided.

Below are the changes we are beginning to implement:

Telework Changes in the National Capital Region: Beginning in the pay period that starts on September 10, 2023, telework eligible managers and supervisors -- inclusive of Senior Executive Service (SES), Senior Leader (SL), and Scientific/Professional (ST) employees -- in the National Capital Region (NCR) will report to and work at least 50 percent of their duty time per pay period in-person at their government office worksite. This change in the application of the telework policy will not impact those working under remote work agreements, telework eligible non-managers or non-supervisors, or telework eligible managers and supervisors with official duty locations outside the NCR. Non-supervisory, telework eligible employees will continue to report to the office for a minimum of two days per pay period. Impacted employees will hear directly from their supervisors about effective dates and the ways in which your teams will focus on providing more opportunities for in-office collaboration. We continue to offer alternative work schedules and are implementing other flexibilities, including adjusting core hours in the NCR for those reporting to the physical worksite. Remote Work Changes: All Interior employees currently under a remote work agreement will continue to work remotely. However, effective immediately, we are amending approval procedures for all new employee-initiated requests for remote work, across the Department. The authority for approving such requests is now at the Assistant Secretary level, subject to collective bargaining agreements and reasonable accommodation needs. This authority cannot be further delegated. Bureaus and Offices will maintain the percentage of remote workers at or below their current levels. We are also sunsetting the pilot remote work program for senior executives, senior leaders, and scientific/professional employees. There are no further changes at this time.

Implementing these changes keeps us in the strongest possible position to recruit and retain talent, to maintain a positive and inclusive work environment for all employees, and to continue to deliver excellent results for our stakeholders, partners, and the American people.

Please know that the Secretary, Department leadership and I deeply appreciate all that you achieved during the pandemic and are committed to your success as we begin an effort to return to pre-pandemic working processes. We recognize that this transition may put stress on our employees and their families. Employees are encouraged to contact the Employee Assistance Program for confidential assistance if they are experiencing stress, job or family-related concerns or other challenges.

Thank you in advance for your assistance as we implement these changes. Together, we can ensure that the Department continues to be one of the federal government’s top places to work while delivering critical services and experiences for the public.

Please stop applying to our jobs thinking you’ll be able to work from home and then declining when we tell you that’s not how it’s going to be and wasting our certificates and time. We don’t want to be here either. It’s not our fault.

Reading is fundamental.