FederalDaily - August 25, 2005
Federal Law Enforcement Pays
On average, federal law enforcement officers are paid more than state and
local peers, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper. Specifically,
CBO found: police officers earned about 4 percent more; federal corrections
officers earned 11 percent more; investigators earned about 19 percent more;
and corrections supervisors earned about 25 percent more. CBO’s analysis
used data from the 2000 census—and it excluded benefits such as retirement,
health care and life insurance benefits; holiday and vacation pay; and subsidies
for transportation, housing and uniforms. For more on this story, see the upcoming
Aug. 29, 2005 , issue of Federal Employees News Digest. To subscribe, click
here.
:: Back to Top ::
Navy Spends Billions on IT Contracts
Federal government awards of information technology (IT) related contracts
rose to more than $67 billion during the third quarter of fiscal year 2005—that
was a 190 percent increase compared to the same time period in fiscal year
2004—according to a report released by INPUT of Reston, Va. The Navy
drove the vast majority of that contracting activity, with nearly $57 billion
in contract awards, according to INPUT. The Navy awarded more than $54 billion
to 503 information technology vendors for SeaPort Enhanced Rolling Admissions—for
IT goods and services. "INPUT is currently tracking nearly $34 billion
in federal government programs with anticipated award dates during the fourth
quarter of FY05, a 70 percent increase over last year," said Megan Gamse,
manager, defense opportunities for INPUT.
:: Back to Top ::
Government Focuses on Standardized HR Practices
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced the five agencies selected
to help OPM create government-wide standardized human resource (HR) solutions.
The Departments of Agriculture (through its National Finance Center ), Defense,
Health and Human Services, Interior (through its National Business Center )
and Treasury will create “Shared Service Centers.” The centers
will provide business and technology solutions to support multiple agencies
and, according to Norm Enger, OPM’s director of the Human Resources Line
of Business, the result will be an estimated savings of $1.1 billion over 10
years. OPM said the five agencies were selected on the ongoing condition that
they meet all the requirements.
:: Back to Top ::
OPM Finalizes Survivor Annuity Rules
In the Aug. 22 issue of the Federal Register the Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) announced its plans to issue final rules that revise the table of reduction
factors for early commencing dates of survivor annuities for spouses of separated
employees who die before the date on which they would be eligible for unreduced
deferred annuities, and to revise the annuity factor for spouses of deceased
employees who die in service when those spouses elect to receive the basic employee
death benefit in 36 installments. The final rule is effective Oct. 1. To see
the Federal Register notice, go to www.opm.gov/fedregis/2005/69-082205-48839-a.htm.
For more information, call Karla Yeakle at (202) 606-0299.
:: Back to Top ::
|
