Pay & Benefits

Federal wildfire fighters seek health benefits

Seasonal employee’s petition to Obama administration gets 100,000 signatures in a week.

Management

USPS offers part-time work to retired postmasters

Weeks after buyout announcement, relief employees sought.

Pay & Benefits

Long-Term Thinking

Three things to remember when considering long-term care insurance.

Pay & Benefits

Pay raise missing from spending bill

Senate panel stays mum on 2013 federal pay.

Pay & Benefits

Stay Healthy, Join a Union

Union members are more likely to say they are in good health; TSP update.

Pay & Benefits

Analysis: Pay reform’s time has come

Even adversaries in the debate over public vs. private compensation agree a change is needed.

Pay & Benefits

Appropriators silent on 2013 pay raise

Senate spending bill does not include president’s recommended 0.5 percent salary boost for federal workers.

Pay & Benefits

Analysis: More cuts on the way

How will budget deals affect feds? Here are five trends to watch this year.

Pay & Benefits

Too easy for ineligible vets to claim needs-based pension, GAO finds

VA should request more financial info on application, watchdog says.

Oversight

House members vote to freeze their own salaries

Also, members' representational allowances will remain unchanged in 2013 if the Senate approves the bill.

Pay & Benefits

Benefits Roundup

A report from OPM’s spring conference in Dallas.

Oversight

Weather Service says it may furlough 5,000 employees

Move comes as agency seeks to address funding shortfall in the wake of scandal over reprogramming of funds.

Pay & Benefits

HUD seeks more detailed data on executive pay

The department will ask public housing authorities for comprehensive info on compensation for top officials.

Management

The problem with public sector unions -- and how to fix it

Here's a plan to preserve the ability of government workers to bargain collectively -- one that would prevent the excesses that are destroying some communities' fiscal health.

Pay & Benefits

House panel backs bill extending the federal pay freeze another year

Spending measure also includes IRS cuts that could lead to more buyouts, Democrat says.

Management

Senate panel backs tighter caps on contractor pay

Defense bill would limit salary reimbursement to $230,700 for all executives.

Pay & Benefits

Room for confusion in letters sent to TSP cyberattack victims

Form letters don’t reveal extent to which individual accounts were compromised.

Pay & Benefits

OPM chips away at retirement claims logjam

Backlog is down 19 percent since January.