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Ask Reg: I’ve maxed out my GS pay. Do I still get annual pay raises?
A reader asks whether topping out at their current pay scale bars them from receiving federal pay raises and locality adjustments.
Do excepted service years count toward federal retirement?
Excepted service positions are any federal or civil service positions which are not in the competitive service or the Senior Executive service.
By Reg Jones
Is it worth delaying retirement to maximize high-3 at next GS level?
Your “high-3” average pay is the highest average basic pay you earned during any 3 consecutive years of service.
By Reg Jones
Democrats rally behind rule to prevent return of Trump’s Schedule F
Lawmakers voiced their support for a draft rule by OPM to strengthen civil service protections.
More feds in line for locality pay increases, with others pending
Already, more 32,000 employees are in line for locality pay increases per last year's Federal Salary Council recommendations.
Biden beefs up government worker safeguards as Republicans bash feds
Effort includes clarifications that federal employees can’t lose certain civil service protections unless they give them up voluntarily.
By Seung Min Kim
Schedule F is about accountability, not spoils system, ex-officials say
Several Republican candidates for the presidency have said they support Schedule F or something like it, raising questions about what that might look like.
Republicans bring back bill to make firing federal workers easier
The Public Service Reform Act would also dismantle the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Lockheed wins $4.8B guided rockets contract
As the U.S. provides numerous guided rockets to Ukraine, the Army has awarded Lockheed a major contract to keep building them.
By Jen Judson