Management
Women Pay a Steep Price for Their More Flexible Work Schedules
Economic research finds that pharmacists are the most egalitarian of professions with a seamless system of job sharing.
Management
Your Post Office Now Wants to Be Your Bank
USPS is thinking about financial services—debit cards and small loans. But first, America's banks would have to get on board, or at least out of the way.
Defense
Is Syria Now a Direct Threat to the United States?
The militancy nurtured by the civil war appears to be spreading—just as diplomacy falters.
Management
Time Running Out on Debt Ceiling
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says that Congress only has until Feb. 27 to raise the debt limit without risking default.
Management
Why Being Happier Helps You Manage Your Time
Here’s how to get started on your way to a peaceful and productive life.
Pay
Bill would forbid VA executive bonuses for five years
The House unanimously approved legislation that would impose a five-year ban on performance bonuses for Senior Executive Service employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Retirement
Army investigators issue warning about fraudulent website
Army investigators are alerting service members about a web-based scam that offers bogus benefits to falsely obtain access to soldiers' email accounts, online passwords and other information.
Pay
Suspension of uncontrollable overtime draws fire
Several federal employee groups are lashing out against a Department of Homeland Security decision to suspend the use of administratively uncontrollable overtime (AUO) for some employees, including component headquarters personnel and full-time training instructors.
Employee Policy
Insight by Mike Causey: What's your excuse?
We (almost) all make mistakes. It happens. So, when you mess up big-time, what's your excuse? Do you have a favorite wiggle word or phrase to explain why something you did, were supposed to do or something you suggested went bad? Sort of an adult version of "the dog ate my homework"?
Retirement
Federal Benefits Q&A
Question: "Is there anything a retired CSRS employee should first consider before getting a job in the private sector? "
Employee Policy
Hiring freeze lifted at Weather Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration acting Director Kathryn Sullivan announced that the National Weather Service would lift a hiring freeze and training ban which critics claimed had left the service dangerously understaffed.
Benefits
Labor leader says fight will continue against proposed FECA change
The head of the National Treasury Employees Union said her group would keep on fighting legislative efforts that would result in cuts to federal workers’ compensation insurance payments for some beneficiaries.
Retirement
Informed Investor: Understanding TSP contribution limits: Part I
The Internal Revenue Code limits how much employees can contribute annually to qualified retirement plans and to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The first of two columns discussing the elective deferral limit discusses the consequences of an employee’s reaching the limit before the last pay date of 2014.
Retirement
Number of retirement-eligible feds rising sharply
By late 2017, about a third of career federal employees will be eligible to retire, according to the Government Accountability Office—and many experts are concerned about the potential loss of too many hands.
Retirement
Early outs and buyouts offered at EPA
Some employees at the Environmental Protection Agency will be notified of their eligibility for an early retirement offer and buyouts.
Nextgov
Sham 'My Army Benefits' Site May Have Stolen Soldiers' Credentials
The unofficial site purports to offer soldiers unclaimed and accumulated financial assistance.
Management