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March 29, 2024

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Longer Probation Periods for New-Hire Federal Employees

The Government Manager’s Coalition (GMC) and the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE) have jointly sent a letter to congress to lengthen probationary periods for new-hires in the federal service to better reflect the realities of the modern workplace. Current Probationary Period At present, new-hires are given an automatic 12 month probationary period

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OPM has urged agencies to restrain from borrowing

The Obama Government is all set to commence within a year and the Office of Personnel management aka OPM has urged all the agencies of the current policies to stop political appointees from borrowing their way in to positions. This was made evident by the Acting Director Beth Cobert. OPM urges agencies to not borrow:

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Flint To Be Ordered To Get Lead Pipes Replaced

The water contamination scandal that took place in Flint has been among the news for quite some time now. It has also led to a lot of legal actions being taken but this new lawsuit that you are about to know about can be the one the administration would have feared the most about. An

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Earn the maximum amount of money from TSP matching contributions

Are you one of those FERS employees that are compensated more than most? And do you also contribute the maximum amount of money to your TSP account every year? There is some good news for you. You can stop losing matching contributions of the government by maxing your TSP out before the year ends.   Earn

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Construction Spending Beats 8 Year Records

The amount of money spent by the government on matters that require immediate initiatives has always been strikingly huge but this year, the spending made by the country on construction has seen stark increases. The construction spending that got instigated by some handsome gains in home building has reached new heights. This year, we also

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The Last of the Government Research Chimpanzees are Retiring

The Government is retiring the last of the research Chimpanzees There have been some chimpanzees used by the government for scientific research purposes but now the National institutes of health has decided to send the final few research animals into federal retirement. These research chimpanzees include some that were present in the Texas facilities. They

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