The General Services Administration wants to acquire a new cloud-based system to manage federal employee payrolls. (BernardaSv/Getty Images/Stock)

GSA wants to modernize how feds get paid

The system, called NewPay, would be offered to all interested federal agencies under a blanket purchase agreement reaching potentially $2.5 billion.

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The relationship between the Office of Personnel Management and federal employee unions has been 'not so good right now,' but a public service organization believes there is common ground. (woojpn/Getty Images)

Can OPM and fed unions agree on civil service reform?

Federal employee unions have opposed most of the Office of Personnel Management's proposed changes to civil service policies, but a public service organization claims there is common ground.

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Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon said that proposed retirement benefit changes would bring federal benefits more in line with modern, private sector practices.(HSGAC)

OPM chief battles criticism of ‘draconian’ benefits proposals

Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon was put under fire at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing as he justified proposals that target federal employee retirement.

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Inconsistencies in the way agencies track the use of official time make current government data inadequate understanding the full cost ramifications of that time. (Gearstd/Getty Images)

The government has failed to standardize ‘official time’ for decades

A lack of consistent standards and methods make it difficult to track employee time spent on union activities — and the taxpayer dollars funding them.

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President Donald Trump with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Meeting Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Trump budget won’t rebuild the military, and that’s dangerous, think tank says

President Trump’s budget plans will fail at “rebuilding” the armed forces, but there’s room for lawmakers to act, according to a new American Enterprise Institute report.

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OPM is out to cut retirement benefits
The Office of Personnel Management recently sent proposals to Congress that would roll back or change federal retirement benefits.