Pay & Benefits
Senior Execs Group 'Baffled' By Bonus Policy
OMB tells agencies to withhold certain monetary awards during the sequester unless lawyers deem them legally required.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Claims Continue to Surge
OPM received more than double the number of new applications in March than it anticipated.
Pay & Benefits
Why Isn't Joe Biden Giving Back Some of His Salary?
One possible reason: He's not as wealthy as Obama or others in the Cabinet.
Pay & Benefits
Obama’s Budget Targets COLAs, Federal Retirement Benefits
White House will propose a switch to the chained CPI and a hike in pension contributions.
Pay & Benefits
More Officials Dock Their Pay in Solidarity With Feds
Lawmakers and Cabinet chiefs announce plans to forfeit or donate portions of their salaries.
Pay & Benefits
Petition Seeks Student Loan Help for Feds
We the People request asks administration to forgive some debt to offset pay freeze.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Gives Up 5 Percent of Salary In Solidarity With Feds
Announcement follows similar gestures by Defense Secretary Hagel and other officials.
Defense
Defense Secretary to Take Pay Cut in Solidarity With Furloughed Feds
Pentagon’s top two leaders stand with civilian employees facing unpaid leave.
Management
In Focus: Where the Federal Workforce Counts
A look at where localities are likely to be hit hardest by sequestration and furloughs.
Pay & Benefits
Ryan Budget Could End Federal Student Loan Repayment Program
Recruitment tool is one of several benefits targeted in House-passed strategy.
Defense
It’s Official: Furloughs at Customs and Border Protection Postponed
CBP officers will retain regular hours and overtime rights -- for now.
Defense
Sequestration Could Lead to Job Losses, Defense Comptroller Says
Across-the-board cuts also are expected to curtail long-term military readiness
Pay & Benefits
Across-the-Board Gains for TSP Funds in March
Thrift Savings Plan investments largely improve upon February’s numbers.
Pay & Benefits
Furlough Reprieve at Customs and Border Protection?
Agency says it is 'developing a plan' in response to the fiscal 2013 spending measure.
Pay & Benefits
Justice Postpones Furlough Decision to Mid-April
Attorney general is still weighing unpaid leave for employees because of sequestration.
Nextgov
Has the IT Salary Gender Gap Disappeared?
Women earn as much as men for the same job but tend to hold lower positions, survey finds.
Defense
Pentagon Scales Back Furloughs, Calls for Additional Flexibility
Spending deal fixed some but not all the department's sequestration problems, Hagel says.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Benefits Play Key Role in Supreme Court’s Gay Marriage Debate
AFGE voices opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act.
Defense
Union Asks Pentagon to Cancel 22-Day Furloughs
Defense hopes to scale back unpaid leave with new flexibilities in latest spending deal.
Tech