Eric Yoder

The vote followed pressure from the Trump administration and some members of Congress as the fund change became caught up in the administration’s China policies.

A spokeswoman for the Thrift Savings Plan said that under the law, the board is responsible for investment policy.

The White House moved this week to seize control of the board that administers the Thrift Savings Plan, which holds the retirement portfolios of close to 6 million federal employees and service members, as it moves to invest in China-based stocks.

Agencies should be further pushed to allow full-time telework by all employees eligible to work remotely, 19 senators say in a letter to the Trump administration.

Eight former military leaders, including former national security advisers John Poindexter and James Jones, are seeking to prevent the investment in Chinese companies.

For federal employees who must continue coming to their regular work sites, payments of up to $2,000 per month per child for additional day-care costs are recommended.

Personnel officials have opened a tool kit of exceptions to standard policies on hiring, assigning and paying federal employees.

A lawsuit seeks to add pay of up to 25 percent to potentially 100,000 or more federal employees whose work puts them at higher risk of exposure to the coronavirus.

The Senate bill provides money to cover expected overtime pay for front-line employees such as food inspectors, federal prison officers, airport screeners and medical personnel.

The Office of Personnel Management has issued guidance on concerns about the coronavirus.