Pay & Benefits
Buyout Considerations
Factors to weigh in deciding whether to accept an offer to retire early.
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Service members weigh in on pay versus benefits
Survey finds compensation preferences vary among the ranks.
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Navy rejects benefits for laid-off sailors
Congressman’s plea to delay layoffs for 172 sailors nearing retirement benefit-eligibility is turned down.
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Women a minority in six-figure government jobs
Women hold 42 percent of Washington positions paying more than $100,000.
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Is Telework Good For Your Health?
Tell us whether working outside the office allows you to adopt a more wholesome lifestyle.
Management
OMB plans for automatic cuts, urges Congress to find sequestration alternative
The cuts ‘would be terrible for our country,’ Jeff Zients says.
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Firefighters win health care benefits
President Obama orders agencies to extend health insurance to part-time workers who battle wildfires.
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White House takes appropriators to task on pay, TRICARE
Obama threatens to veto yet another spending bill that omits a civilian pay raise.
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NASA offers buyouts to Goddard employees
117 workers at the Greenbelt flight center will receive buyout or early retirement options.
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USPS estimates 7,400 employees may take buyout offers
Thousands who signed up by the July 2 deadline still can change their minds.
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Retirement claims backlog slowly shrinks
OPM continues to steadily chip away at the pileup, but retirees are still frustrated.
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VA temporarily halts employee pay downgrades
Decision comes less than a month after protest.
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Agencies dish out more in student loan repayments
Report on 2010 spending finds the benefit helped with recruitment and retention.
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Union says USPS consolidation plan violates collective bargaining agreement
Converting rural postmasters to part-time positions raises 'serious questions,' APWU says.
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GSA offers select employees buyouts, early retirement
This is the second phase of the agency’s workforce reduction efforts.
Management
Watchdog dismisses TRICARE bid protest
Longtime contractor loses multibillion-dollar award to manage military health care.
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TSP funds post positive returns in June
Upward trend is due in part to European compromise.
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