Oversight
Legislation Would Give VA Health Care Workers MSPB Appeal Rights If They’re Fired
Lawmakers consider tweaking language to make sure 190,000 employees don’t receive an additional venue for appealing personnel decisions.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers: Give Obama What He Wants to Avoid Shutdown
Others vow to press forward with shutdown strategy.
Pay & Benefits
Scott Walker Has a Plan to Cripple Federal Employee Unions
One leader says proposal would "wipe labor unions off the map."
Pay & Benefits
Go Ahead, Ask Your Co-Worker About His Pay
Obama administration publishes final rule prohibiting contractors from going after employees who talk openly about compensation.
Pay & Benefits
Risk and Retirement: Managing Your TSP Investment
Understand the pros and cons of your plan.
Defense
Army Families Who Floated Uncle Sam on Child Care Costs Will Be Reimbursed Soon
Service members struggled to make ends meet while waiting months for government to pay invoices under subsidy program.
Pay & Benefits
Government Employees Like Their Job Perks Way More Than Private Sector Workers
Public sector workers are especially happy with their retirement benefits, poll finds.
Pay & Benefits
A Federal Employee Pay Cut Even Republicans Are Outraged About
Lawmakers vow to intervene with Obama administration proposal to cut pay for feds in danger.
Pay & Benefits
TRICARE Fee Hikes, Government Shutdown Fears, Contractor Sick Leave, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
As Congress Returns, a Shutdown Isn’t the Only Threat Feds Face
Unions prepare to fight agency closures and other measures affecting feds’ pay, benefits and job security.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Backlog Still High
OPM’s progress on reducing the inventory of retirement claims has stalled.
Management
Obama’s Latest Executive Order Requires Sick Leave for Contractors
Labor Day signing combined with attack on Republican economics.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Attention: Nobody Else Is Going to Fund Your Future
Even if you don’t plan to stay in government your entire career, there are things you need to know.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Raise Pushback, Veterans Preference, Military Personnel Reform, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
D.C.-Area Feds Should Telework During Pope Francis’ Visit, OPM Says
The pope may be infallible, but he can’t cure traffic jams.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employee Retirement Funds Tank in August
Government securities stay in the black, but all other funds post losses.
Pay & Benefits
New Feds Will Default Into Riskier TSP Fund Starting Next Week
Employees will no longer be automatically enrolled in the safe but low-yield G Fund.
Pay & Benefits
Recruits Begin a Year-Long Isolation Mission to Simulate Mars
An actual trip to the red planet for the NASA recruits could take up to three years.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Issues Plan to Give Feds 1.3 Percent Raise in 2016
Proposal would lift locality pay for first time in six years.
Pay & Benefits