Pay & Benefits
New Perk Gives Federal Employees a Break on the Cost of Education
Alliance between OPM and University of Maryland University College will offer feds a 25 percent discount on out-of-state tuition.
Oversight
Could an Overhaul to the Federal Giving Drive Do More Harm Than Good?
Lawmakers worry changes could drive away charities, donors.
Pay & Benefits
Quiz: Some Surprising Facts About the Federal Gender Pay Gap
A lot has changed for women in government in just the past two decades.
Nextgov
This Tech Startup Uses a Simple Formula to Decide How Much Stock to Give Employees
Social-sharing app company went salary-transparent in December, aims to 'demystify equity.'
Pay & Benefits
Eric Holder Doesn’t Deserve to Be Paid, Republican Lawmakers Say
Group introduces bill to prohibit feds held in contempt of Congress from receiving their salaries.
Pay & Benefits
More Than 15,000 Federal Employees Make at Least $200K
Top earning employees work at highly specialized agencies.
Pay & Benefits
HUD Will Post Officials' Salaries Online
Department will make available by May 16 comprehensive salary data of the country’s public housing authority directors.
Pay & Benefits
The 15 Federal Jobs Where Women Earn More Than Men
There were only three such positions in 1992.
Pay & Benefits
Did the Federal Government Pick Up Your Student Loan Tab?
If you received money from Uncle Sam to help pay for your higher ed, we want to hear how you obtained the benefit.
Nextgov
Tech Unemployment Falls to 2.7 Percent
But IT professionals aren't quitting their jobs just yet.
Pay & Benefits
Uncle Sam Will Ask Feds About Pay, Job Satisfaction This Spring
OPM will administer its annual survey of the government workforce beginning in late April.
Pay & Benefits
Charities Will Now Have to Pay a Fee to Participate in the Annual Federal Giving Drive
Combined Federal Campaign overhaul will take effect in 2016.
Management
Feds and Their Managers Aren’t Seeing Eye-to-Eye on Much, Including Promotions
Report shows large workforce assessment disparities between supervisors and their staffs.
Pay & Benefits
Uncle Sam Has Shrunk the Gender Pay Gap Over the Past 20 Years
Federal women in 2012 earned 87 cents for every dollar a man earned – 17 cents more than in 1992.
Pay & Benefits
Why Do Washington's Women Leaders Make Less?
What National Journal's 2014 salary survey says about the pay gap.
Pay & Benefits
House Votes to Increase Feds’ Pension Contributions
The Republican fiscal 2015 budget resolution includes several provisions affecting the government workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Obese Feds Can Now Have Their Diet Pills Covered
OPM also wants to make it easier to receive bypass, lap band surgeries.
Oversight
House Panel: No Pay Raises for Congress in 2015
Appropriations committee rejects a bid to grant lawmakers a per diem for living expenses.
Pay & Benefits