FederalDaily - April 29, 2005
E-Payroll Covers Most Executive Branch Feds
E-Payroll now provides payroll services for 80 percent of executive branch
federal employees, according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). OPM
said migration for the remaining agencies is proceeding. The four e-Payroll
providers—the National Business Center, the National Finance Center,
the Defense Finance and Accounting Service and the General Services Administration—currently
provide payroll services to approximately 1.4 million federal employees. Previously,
26 providers furnished payroll services for the federal government’s
1.8 million employees. Agencies and departments soon to migrate include:
the Environmental Protection Agency, the FBI, the Broadcasting Board of Governors,
the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, the Office of
Thrift Supervision, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
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New Per Diem Rates
After reviewing hotel rates in 12 states, the General Services Administration
(GSA) decided that the per diem given federal employees is not enough. The specific
locations are in the following states: Arizona , Florida , Maryland , Missouri
, New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , Virginia
and Washington . Starting with travel on or after May 6, there will be new per
diem rates. The new rates can be found at: www.gsa.gov/perdiem.
GSA made this announcement in the April 26 issue of the Federal Register.
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Call for Scrutiny of FEMA Inspectors
Rep. E. Clay Shaw, R-Fla., is calling on the Bush administration to explain
why some Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) inspectors who enter disaster
victims' homes to process damage claims have had criminal records. Shaw said
in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff
that he was "profoundly concerned," about a report in the South Florida
Sun-Sentinel that the government has dispatched inspectors with records for
embezzlement, drug possession, robbery and other crimes. Shaw wrote that he
wanted a "comprehensive explanation" detailing the process for hiring
inspectors. FEMA, which is part of DHS, contracts with two private companies
that employ contractors to visit homes after hurricanes, earthquakes, floods
and other disasters to verify damage to homes and property.
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Officer Personnel Management Changing at DoD
Department of Defense (DoD) officials are requesting that Congress give the
department permission to experiment with some changes to officer personnel
management. Officials have requested "demonstration authority" to
test changes in compensation, promotions and retention in four limited categories
of military officers: Army foreign area officers, Navy engineering and aviation
engineering duty officers, and Navy acquisition officers, said Bill Carr, acting
deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy. The Office
of Management and Budget has approved the demonstration plan, and DoD’s
request for this authority now lies with Congress. DoD has had this same authority
for civilian personnel for several years, but this new request would affect
military officers.
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