Pay & Benefits
Obama releases taxes, doesn't qualify for Buffett rule
President makes less than $1 million; proposed new minimum tax rate wouldn't kick in.
Pay & Benefits
Happy Financial Literacy Month!
It's a good time to think about your financial future.
Management
Obama declines to issue executive order on contractor bias
Gay rights groups had hoped for quick action to advance legislation.
Pay & Benefits
Do you like your job? Uncle Sam seeks feedback
Full and part-time employees can weigh in on annual job satisfaction survey through the end of June.
Pay & Benefits
Former senator comes to the defense of federal workers
Op-ed by Ted Kaufman criticizes lawmakers who go after government pensions.
Pay & Benefits
IG: Customs shelling out millions in workers’ comp
The agency has not effectively managed costs of compensating employees injured on the job, watchdog says.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Roth option to launch May 7
Offering will allow participants to begin investing money that already has been taxed.
Management
GSA Roundup: Vegas out; doing great things; more bonuses; stolen iPods
Daily highlights in the wake of GSA’s extravagant conference spending.
Pay & Benefits
Government wants more ethics rules for Afghanistan reconstruction employees
Regulation would require workers get approval for some activities.
Pay & Benefits
How much do federal employee advocates make?
National Journal’s compensation survey shows how they stack up against other Washington area executives.
Pay & Benefits
Many public workers agree they have it better than private sector peers
Nearly half of government employees surveyed feel they don’t work as hard and 62 percent cite greater job security.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement claims backlog is down since January
OPM made more of a dent in March than it expected to, despite an increase in new applications.
Oversight
Pricey awards program paraded as new example of GSA excess
Agency gave away $438,750 in iPods and other swag over four years, IG finds.
Oversight
How Congress gets away with not paying its interns
Unpaid congressional intern labor is legal because lawmakers made it that way.
Pay & Benefits
Divorce Decrees
A look at the rules for how benefits for divorced feds and their spouses are handled.
Pay & Benefits
EEOC urged to tackle conflicts of interest in federal complaint process
General counsel offices should not coach witnesses or review affidavits of management involved in discrimination cases, civil rights leaders say.
Pay & Benefits
Diplomats demand pet parity
Letter-writing campaign targets United Airlines after it offered military members a break on transporting pets.
Pay & Benefits
Travel on the Up and Up
Despite its extravagant Las Vegas conference, GSA sets travel requirements for feds.
Defense