Pay & Benefits
Feds Dodge Proposed Cut to Their TSP Benefits
Senate deal on highway funding does not raise money through decreasing the rate of return on the G Fund.
Tech
OPM to Charge Agencies for Services Offered to Hack Victims
Agencies will have to scramble to find fiscal 2015 funding.
Defense
Obama Announces New Loan Protections for Troops
The changes close loopholes in a 2006 law aimed at preventing predatory lenders from taking advantage of service members and their families.
Pay & Benefits
Jeb Bush: Strip Feds of Automatic Pay Raises and Due Process
Republican presidential candidate lays out plan for overhauling federal personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
Outlook for a COLA Increase in 2016 Still Isn't Great
So far the cost of living isn’t rising enough to warrant an increase, but that could change in the next three months.
Management
It’s Time to Make Good on Phased Retirement
While agencies drag their feet, critical skills are walking out the door.
Pay & Benefits
IG: A Fed with Fake Diplomas Worked at Interior for Five Years
The technology officer eventually resigned from the department — and then he moved to work at the Census Bureau.
Pay & Benefits
Cuts to TSP, a Deeper Look at Low Morale and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Your Data Is Compromised. (Yes, Yours.) What Now?
"Everybody's data is at risk and vulnerable, and has probably been compromised multiple times, if they're an adult," says data breach expert.
Oversight
New OPM Chief Calls Anxious Lawmakers to Share Her ‘Enthusiasm’ for Fixing Agency
Members of Congress press new OPM leadership for appropriate protections for hack victims.
Pay & Benefits
How Much Damage Can Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints From the OPM Data Breach?
The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said.
Pay & Benefits
Feds’ Pay Raise Takes Unexpected Diversion
Legislation allowing the pay boost to advance gets caught up in political battle.
Pay & Benefits
How Scott Walker Could Bust Federal Employee Unions and Cut Feds’ Pay
The governor has risen to fame on the backs of public-sector workers.
Management
Obama Administration Plugs Retirement Savings Programs
The Labor Department will allow states to create their own retirement savings plans.
Pay & Benefits
The 2016 COLA for Retirees is Zero Right Now
June’s number comes out on Friday, but we won’t know until October whether there’s an increase next year.
Pay & Benefits
Many Questions Remain About the Services That Will Be Provided to Hack Victims
White House doesn't rule out lifetime credit monitoring for feds.
Pay & Benefits
Katherine Archuleta Steps Down From OPM
Hill support eroded after announcement of data breach.
Management
OPM Doesn't Know Who It Will Hire to Protect the 21.5 Million Individuals Affected by Hack
The agency said it would notify 21.5 million people and offer at least three years of free identity-protection services, but has not found a contractor that will do so on its behalf.
Pay & Benefits