How many EOs today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proposals to cut federal employee benefits are also under discussion. Among the changes are:

Increasing employee contributions to the federal pension system, projected to save $44 billion over a decade.

Eliminating supplemental pensions for retirees aged 57 to 62.

Basing pensions on the final five years of service, rather than the last three, reducing payouts.

Transitioning federal health insurance to a voucher model.-WHAT IS THIS?
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Unions and collective bargaining
Efforts to weaken federal unions are central to the administration’s goals. A memo circulated by the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform outlines plans to limit collective bargaining rights, citing a 1978 law allowing exclusions for “national security concerns.”

Recommendations include restricting union protections at agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Defense Department.

Every employee would get a flat amount towards insurance instead of covering a percentage of whatever you choose the way it is now. Not sure if they would cover more for family plans or not.

Dh and I are both feds. It would be sweet if we both got vouchers. As it is, I don’t get any credit for not taking my work’s insurance at all.

I’m quite certain you would just lose the voucher if you didn’t use it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:President Trump is planning for improved accountability of government bureaucrats. The American people deserve the highest-quality service from people who love our country. The President will also return federal workers to work, as only 6% of employees currently work in person.

Already on the WH website. Where are they getting these numbers?!?!

The 6% is false. It’s from a report by Joni Ernst, who got the number from a voluntary survey about opinions on telework from federalnewsnetwork.com. Of the people who responded, only 6% never teleworked. It’s not even remotely a representative sample, and it completely contradicts OPM’s actual data, which show half of all fed employees aren’t even eligible to telework or work remotely, and that those who do overwhelmingly come into the office multiple times a week.

how does he get away with lying about this? OPM collects actual data

Because the media is in the tank for him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:President Trump is planning for improved accountability of government bureaucrats. The American people deserve the highest-quality service from people who love our country. The President will also return federal workers to work, as only 6% of employees currently work in person.

Already on the WH website. Where are they getting these numbers?!?!

The 6% is false. It’s from a report by Joni Ernst, who got the number from a voluntary survey about opinions on telework from federalnewsnetwork.com. Of the people who responded, only 6% never teleworked. It’s not even remotely a representative sample, and it completely contradicts OPM’s actual data, which show half of all fed employees aren’t even eligible to telework or work remotely, and that those who do overwhelmingly come into the office multiple times a week.

how does he get away with lying about this? OPM collects actual data

For Trump?!

Because the media is in the tank for him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proposals to cut federal employee benefits are also under discussion. Among the changes are:

Increasing employee contributions to the federal pension system, projected to save $44 billion over a decade.

Eliminating supplemental pensions for retirees aged 57 to 62.

Basing pensions on the final five years of service, rather than the last three, reducing payouts.

Transitioning federal health insurance to a voucher model.-WHAT IS THIS?
-------------------------------------
Unions and collective bargaining
Efforts to weaken federal unions are central to the administration’s goals. A memo circulated by the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform outlines plans to limit collective bargaining rights, citing a 1978 law allowing exclusions for “national security concerns.”

Recommendations include restricting union protections at agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Defense Department.

Every employee would get a flat amount towards insurance instead of covering a percentage of whatever you choose the way it is now. Not sure if they would cover more for family plans or not.

Dh and I are both feds. It would be sweet if we both got vouchers. As it is, I don’t get any credit for not taking my work’s insurance at all.

What I have been reading doesn't sound like a voucher as in they give you X dollars and you go find your own insurance. Rather, everyone gets $X towards their federal insurance plan cost. Right now, the government pays 72% of the insurance premiums (up to a cap of $298 for self only coverage). So, for example, if you have BCBS, the government pays $298 a pay period for you, but if you have a cheaper plan like GEHA they pay $240. Under the new system, they'd pay the same amount for everyone, and employees would pay the difference. So, if they went by the current cap as the voucher amount, BCBS subscribers would keep paying the same, and GEHA subscribers would now save an extra $60/pp. If they went with a lower amount as the cap, then more people would see an increase and fewer people would see a reduction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He has started signing. Nothing about federal employees get.

Thanks PP.

One of the proclamations ordered the flying of flags at full mast — an order that comes after Trump complained that flags were flying at half-mast during his inauguration because of former president Jimmy Carter’s death on Dec. 29.

How petty can one man be?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:President Trump is planning for improved accountability of government bureaucrats. The American people deserve the highest-quality service from people who love our country. The President will also return federal workers to work, as only 6% of employees currently work in person.

Already on the WH website. Where are they getting these numbers?!?!

The 6% is false. It’s from a report by Joni Ernst, who got the number from a voluntary survey about opinions on telework from federalnewsnetwork.com. Of the people who responded, only 6% never teleworked. It’s not even remotely a representative sample, and it completely contradicts OPM’s actual data, which show half of all fed employees aren’t even eligible to telework or work remotely, and that those who do overwhelmingly come into the office multiple times a week.

how does he get away with lying about this? OPM collects actual data

For Trump?!

Because the media is in the tank for him

I believe that yes, the media is all for Trump, either because they want access or because they've been threatened with lawsuits or because they have preemptively bent the knee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He has started signing. Nothing about federal employees get.

Thanks PP.

One of the proclamations ordered the flying of flags at full mast — an order that comes after Trump complained that flags were flying at half-mast during his inauguration because of former president Jimmy Carter’s death on Dec. 29.

How petty can one man be?

His depravity knows no lower bound

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proposals to cut federal employee benefits are also under discussion. Among the changes are:

Increasing employee contributions to the federal pension system, projected to save $44 billion over a decade.

Eliminating supplemental pensions for retirees aged 57 to 62.

Basing pensions on the final five years of service, rather than the last three, reducing payouts.

Transitioning federal health insurance to a voucher model.-WHAT IS THIS?
-------------------------------------
Unions and collective bargaining
Efforts to weaken federal unions are central to the administration’s goals. A memo circulated by the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform outlines plans to limit collective bargaining rights, citing a 1978 law allowing exclusions for “national security concerns.”

Recommendations include restricting union protections at agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Defense Department.

Every employee would get a flat amount towards insurance instead of covering a percentage of whatever you choose the way it is now. Not sure if they would cover more for family plans or not.

Dh and I are both feds. It would be sweet if we both got vouchers. As it is, I don’t get any credit for not taking my work’s insurance at all.

What I have been reading doesn't sound like a voucher as in they give you X dollars and you go find your own insurance. Rather, everyone gets $X towards their federal insurance plan cost. Right now, the government pays 72% of the insurance premiums (up to a cap of $298 for self only coverage). So, for example, if you have BCBS, the government pays $298 a pay period for you, but if you have a cheaper plan like GEHA they pay $240. Under the new system, they'd pay the same amount for everyone, and employees would pay the difference. So, if they went by the current cap as the voucher amount, BCBS subscribers would keep paying the same, and GEHA subscribers would now save an extra $60/pp. If they went with a lower amount as the cap, then more people would see an increase and fewer people would see a reduction.

thanks for explaining

[Anonymous]

So no RTO EO yet?

[Anonymous]

Waiting...

[Anonymous]

He's at the event at Capital One Arena right now. More signing shortly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He has started signing. Nothing about federal employees get.

Thanks PP.

One of the proclamations ordered the flying of flags at full mast — an order that comes after Trump complained that flags were flying at half-mast during his inauguration because of former president Jimmy Carter’s death on Dec. 29.

How petty can one man be?

His depravity knows no lower bound

This was actually the only executive action so far today 😂 I’ll believe those “100 EOs” when I see them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's at the event at Capital One Arena right now. More signing shortly.

Sure … because it takes so long to sign something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's at the event at Capital One Arena right now. More signing shortly.

Sure … because it takes so long to sign something.

He has tiny hands, it takes time…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Proposals to cut federal employee benefits are also under discussion. Among the changes are:

Increasing employee contributions to the federal pension system, projected to save $44 billion over a decade.

Eliminating supplemental pensions for retirees aged 57 to 62.

Basing pensions on the final five years of service, rather than the last three, reducing payouts.

Transitioning federal health insurance to a voucher model.-WHAT IS THIS?
-------------------------------------
Unions and collective bargaining
Efforts to weaken federal unions are central to the administration’s goals. A memo circulated by the conservative group Americans for Tax Reform outlines plans to limit collective bargaining rights, citing a 1978 law allowing exclusions for “national security concerns.”

Recommendations include restricting union protections at agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Defense Department.

Every employee would get a flat amount towards insurance instead of covering a percentage of whatever you choose the way it is now. Not sure if they would cover more for family plans or not.

You are right, and this is starting to happen with private companies. Look up “ICHRAs”. You get a flat dollar amount, go onto the exchange and pick whatever works for you. Companies that aren’t rotten to the core will kick in more for family coverage. Pricing is of course dependent on age and who you’re covering.

But Trump is ending Obamacare exchange…

I work in the industry, I think the lobbyists will keep it around and just bribe Trump to call it MagaCare or some 'ish. The insurance companies are like casinos...they are the house and always win.