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When will I get my welcome to retirement letter from OPM?
The federal employee retirement backlog shot back up in January, snapping a four-month streak of steadily shrinking caseloads.
By Reg Jones
Security clearance agency gets a new name, same priorities
The Pentagon and Office of Personnel Management are moving forward with plans to transfer background investigation services to Department of Defense control, but priorities for those services will remain the same.
By Jessie Bur
Trump transfers background investigation power to Pentagon
The Department of Defense will now formally take over background investigations for the entire federal government..
By Jessie Bur
Consider bypassing Board-level review
Without a quorum, the Merit Systems Protection Board cannot rule on appealed cases from its administrative judges.
By Debra Roth
Who will handle federal employee appeals now?
The end of Mark Robbins' term as a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board marks an unprecedented lack of leadership at the agency.
By Jessie Bur
How the security clearance backlog hurts cybersecurity
Tempers flared during a Feb. 14 Senate hearing about cybersecurity in the energy sector.
By Justin Lynch
The government is whittling down its security clearance backlog
The National Background Investigation Bureau's backlog is down over 20 percent from its April 2018 peak amid efforts to streamline and transfer the background investigation process to the Department of Defense.
By Jessie Bur
Cleaning up the shutdown contracting mess
If the federal government is to retain global leadership and protect and defend its citizens, we must get our fiscal house in order.
By Michael Fischetti
Watchdog report: The VA benefits backlog is higher than officials say
Tens of thousands of cases were excluded from VA statistics about overdue cases.
Veterans can now file class-action lawsuits against VA
The move could allow groups of veterans to sue the department and force additional action on a host of benefits and programming issues.
Special counsel struggles to keep up with whistleblower cases
The backlog of whistleblower and prohibited personnel practices cases at the Office of Special Counsel nearly doubled from 2011 to 2016.
By Jessie Bur