Pay & Benefits
FEHBP Insurance Carriers Must Cover Autism Treatment Beginning in 2017
Since 2013, providers have had the option of covering applied behavior analysis for children on the autism spectrum.
Management
VA Tries to Punish Senior Leaders in Cincinnati for Misconduct
Department proposed firing Jack Hetrick, but he retired; Dr. Barbara Temeck has been reassigned pending further discipline.
Pay & Benefits
The New Rules of the Social Security Game
What happens after the elimination of the traditional “file and suspend” strategy?
Pay & Benefits
Help With Student Loans, Paid Sick Leave for Contractors
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Bill Would Give Federal Employees a 5.3 Pay Raise in 2017
The legislation would provide a 3.9 percent base pay bump, and a 1.4 percent boost in locality pay.
Oversight
Hoyer to Union: Lawmakers Shouldn't Use 'Bureaucrat as an Epithet'
NTEU announces 2016 legislative priorities in pay, benefits and workplace rights.
Pay & Benefits
Proposal Would Give Some VA Senior Executives More Pay
MSPB appeal rights also would be stripped, according to the department’s draft document under consideration on Capitol Hill.
Management
VA Deputy Says He Has Confidence in Senior Executives He Demoted
Judges' decisions to reinstate Diana Rubens and Kim Graves demonstrate the thorny personnel issues a 2014 law is creating.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Expected to Double in Size in Coming Years
Funds invested in retirement accounts will go “from massive to even more massive,” official says.
Pay & Benefits
Cutting Federal Pay 40 Percent, Eliminating Government Unions and More From the Campaign Trail
Presidential candidates discuss ways to hold federal employees more accountable.
Pay & Benefits
Civilians Working in Overseas Hot Spots Eligible for Higher Premium Pay in 2016
Eligible employees can earn up to $237,700 in basic and premium pay through this year.
Pay & Benefits
Military’s Paid Maternity Leave Now 12 Weeks; Feds Still At Zero
The Defense secretary has broad discretion to determine paid maternity leave for female service members.
Pay & Benefits
Another Chance for Health Plan Changes
An unusual limited opportunity to switch to a new type of FEHBP coverage.
Pay & Benefits
Republicans Renew Push for More Data on Union 'Official Time'
OPM has not reported in 16 months on feds working for unions on the taxpayer's dime.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Weighs Its Supermodel Retirement Status, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
Scalia's Death and the Consequences for Unions
With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, organized labor may be spared—for a little while.
Pay & Benefits
Feds to Be Kept Away From Oregon Refuge for Weeks Despite Militia’s Stand Down
One agency has spent about $600K to keep feds home for five weeks.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker Pushes for 5.3 Percent Pay Raise
Democrat says Obama’s 1.6 percent proposal ‘doesn’t come close’ to fairness.
Oversight
