Federal Employee & Shutdown Watch

Why this is recommended

A shutdown countdown with furlough guidance, a RIF notice deadline, a FEHB premium jump before open season closes, or a TSP change before a withdrawal each matters more than the fee.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

The 2.3 million federal civilian employees, the 2 million federal retirees, and the contractors whose paychecks depend on appropriations.

When it runs

Appropriations deadlines fall on September 30 and continuing resolution dates, OPM issues pay tables in December, and RIF and reorganization notices carry 60-day clocks

Scope

Congressional appropriations and continuing resolutions; OPM guidance, pay tables and FEHB announcements; agency RIF and reorganization notices; TSP announcements; MSPB and OPM appeal rules; federal employee unions; GAO and CBO reports

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Government shutdown deadlines, furlough and excepted status guidance, federal pay raise and locality table changes, RIF, reorganization and hiring freeze announcements by agency, FEHB open season and premium changes, TSP fund and rule changes, retirement processing backlogs, telework and schedule changes, and MSPB and OPM appeal rule changes, with the agency or deadline first.

Track federal employment for US government workers and retirees. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: appropriations and continuing resolution deadlines with shutdown risk, furlough and excepted employee guidance; federal pay raise, locality pay and pay table changes; RIF, reorganization, hiring freeze and deferred resignation notices by agency with counts and deadlines; FEHB open season dates and premium changes by plan; TSP fund, withdrawal and rule changes; OPM retirement processing backlog data; agency telework, schedule and relocation changes; and MSPB, OPM and court rulings on federal employee rights. Prefer congressional, OPM, agency, TSP, MSPB and union sources; ignore rumors and unconfirmed memos. Put the agency or deadline first in the title. Use high severity for a shutdown deadline within 14 days, a RIF notice, or a FEHB or TSP deadline within 30 days. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what is happening, who is affected, the deadline, what to do, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.