OPM gives agencies authority to give bonuses up to $25,000
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OPM gives agencies authority to give bonuses up to $25,000

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 22, 20266 min
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Agencies will now be able to more easily offer bonuses of up to $25,000 to federal employees for exceptional work. The Office of Personnel Management is delegating authority to agency leaders to approve larger bonuses for feds. Previously, bonuses of that size required OPM approval. But OPM says it’s removing the hurdle as a way to help agencies distinguish high levels of performance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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This is a Federal News Network podcast. Coming up today on the Federal Newscast, OPM gives agencies the authority to give big bonuses. An AbilityOne program vendor pays millions to settle false claims act allegations. And Virginia lawmakers look to halt the rollout of an AI-based

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air traffic management system at DC airports. These stories and more on today's federal newscast. Welcome to the federal newscast. I'm Michelle Sandiford. Agencies will now be able to more easily offer bonuses of up to $25,000 to federal employees for exceptional work. The Office of Personnel Management is delegating authority to agency leaders to approve larger bonuses for Feds.

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Previously, bonuses of that size required OPM approval, but OPM says it's removing the hurdle as a way to help agencies distinguish high levels of performance. A vendor under the AbilityOne program pays millions to settle false claims act allegations. Federal News Network's Jason Miller has the details. The Life View Group, an IT services contractor for the Defense Men Power Data Center, is paying more than $5 million to resolve allegations that it falsely told the government that

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