Defense
Provision slashing up to 36,000 Defense jobs stays alive
Senate defeats amendment that would have eliminated a 5 percent cut in the Pentagon’s civilian, contractor workforce.
Pay & Benefits
The Pentagon says no to disabled daughter of Navy captain
A creative therapy was working on a severely disabled young woman. Yet the Pentagon decided it would no longer be covered by military insurance.
Pay & Benefits
House GOP continues to push federal employee pay and benefits reforms
Pay freeze extension, changes to federal pensions could be part of a final deficit-reduction agreement.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: Debunking the ambition myth as an excuse for the gender wage gap
Career and family choices aren't the only thing holding back women's earnings. Recent research shows that there is bias, too ... even if we're uncomfortable to call it out.
Pay & Benefits
Feds petition to get Christmas Eve off
If the movement gains 25,000 signatures, the White House will issue a response.
Pay & Benefits
TSP rebounds in November
All the funds were in the black last month despite fiscal cliff fears.
Pay & Benefits
Federal managers lack information about partial retirement options, survey finds
Agencies are not preparing for skilled worker exodus from mass retirements.
Management
Presidential Management Fellows are mostly happy
Study also shows they would like more guidance from supervisors and better orientation to program.
Pay & Benefits
Senior executives urge Obama to leave feds out of fiscal cliff deal
Efforts to reduce federal pay and benefits are taking a toll on government workforce, group says.
Defense
Proposed cuts to Defense civilian jobs draw criticism
The White House has threatened to veto the Senate’s Defense authorization bill in part because of controversial workforce provision.
Pay & Benefits
Unions reject latest bid to include pay freeze, benefits cuts in deficit deal
Labor groups say Republican Sen. Bob Corker’s proposal unfairly targets feds.
Pay & Benefits
Will feds get an extra day off on Christmas Eve?
Presidents often grant a four-day weekend when the holiday falls on a Tuesday.
Pay & Benefits
OPM revises language, pushes telework for federal closures
Confusion during Sandy leads to clarification of language alerting employees offices are shut.
Pay & Benefits
TSP board: Don’t worry about the G Fund as debt ceiling looms
Officials reiterate that government securities are safe.
Pay & Benefits
Senate expected to take up bill allowing IRS to levy TSP accounts
Legislation clarifying IRS authority to tap retirement funds to collect unpaid taxes could become law by end of the year.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: The 401(k) is a $240 billion waste
Why subsidize retirement saving if the subsidies don't work?
Pay & Benefits
Sandy victims permitted to withdraw funds from TSP
Feds can continue to pay into their retirement plan despite financial hardship withdrawal.
Management