Pay & Benefits
You Took Our Hatch Act Quiz and Did Pretty Well, But...
That's not good enough to stay out of trouble.
Pay & Benefits
7 Questions to Answer Before Buying Life Insurance
Take advantage of next month’s rare open enrollment period to adjust your FEGLI coverage.
Pay & Benefits
Anger Mounts Over Long Term Care Premium Spike
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Can Indefinitely Suspend Indicted Feds, Board Rules
MSPB says an indictment is sufficient cause to believe an employee may go to prison.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Wants Agencies To Review Their Telework Data
Data collection and reporting on telework remain a "challenge" for agencies, says OPM.
Pay & Benefits
How Much Life Insurance Do You Really Need?
A rare open enrollment period next month provides an opportunity to reevaluate your costs.
Pay & Benefits
Union: Rank-and-File Employees Deserve Bigger Bonuses Next Year, Too
The administration’s decision to lift the performance award cap on senior executives should be applied to everyone in the workforce, federal advocates say.
Pay & Benefits
New Travel Regs and Shopping Benefits, Retirement Hitches and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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EPA Paid Transit Benefits to Employees Who Left the Agency
Some offices were not checking if subsidy recipients worked there, or if they were eligible for the perk.
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Hurricane Season May Entitle Feds to Advance Pay, Enable Agencies to Skip Hiring Procedures
OPM puts out guidance to help employees and agencies deal with extreme weather.
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The Very Best Senior Executives Can Get Bigger Bonuses Next Year
OMB and OPM remind agencies that the aggregrate spending cap on SES performance awards will increase 2.7 percent beginning in October.
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Come October, Most Feds on Official Travel Will Have More Money for Lodging
The daily reimbursement for meals and incidentals will remain the same.
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Air Force Will Offer Drone Pilots $35,000 Retention Bonuses
The service this fall will start offering $10,000 more than the current annual rate to those who agree to stay in their jobs for another five years.
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A Retirement Guide for Every Stage of Your Career
Resources for early career, mid-career and pre-retirement planning.
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Federal Employee Settles After Allegedly Pretending to Have Cancer for Extra Time Off
ATF agent took 80 days of sick leave while working a private sector job.
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Retirement Backlog Numbers, Telework Data, Special Pay Rates, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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One in Five IRS Teleworkers Working Without Official Authorization
Only a small fraction have engaged in misconduct while teleworking, however.
Pay & Benefits
Social Security Warns of Furloughs, Service Cuts if Congress Enacts Proposed Funding
Agency has already instituted a nearly across-the-board hiring freeze.
Management
Fight Over Lucrative TRICARE Contracts Won’t Affect Beneficiaries, Defense Says
Three health insurance companies have filed bid protests over multi-billion dollar Defense health care contracts.
Management