Defense
Veterans can step up life insurance coverage
Under a 2010 law, program participants can gradually increase their coverage to $400,000.
Pay & Benefits
Pension tensions continue to mount
Retirement benefits for government employees debated, as economy and deficit reduction remain in the spotlight.
Pay & Benefits
Social Security Quiz
A test of your knowledge of a key element in planning for your retirement.
Pay & Benefits
Many federal retirees receiving six-figure pensions
Gingrich, Cheney are among the highest paid former government workers, Bloomberg reports.
Pay & Benefits
Feds to get better access to personal health data
Insurance plans in FEHBP must by mid-March add features allowing enrollees to download and store information about lab results, medication, allergies and appointments.
News
Federal pay and benefits remain at risk as Congress returns
House and Senate conferees must determine how to finance a yearlong payroll tax cut extension.
Oversight
The Week in Comments: Reorganization, mileage rates and a civics lesson
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
Pay & Benefits
Long lines, high hopes at veterans career fair
OPM is planning to capitalize on the event’s success with more hiring initiatives.
Pay & Benefits
2012 Federal Leave Chart
Federal employees can use this leave chart to plan out their work year.
Pay & Benefits
GSA declines to raise mileage reimbursement rate
The 2012 rate remains at 51 cents per mile for feds who use their cars for work.
Oversight
Unions wary of Obama’s consolidation plans
Federal employee groups worry about potential layoffs, workforce reductions.
Pay & Benefits
IRS to offer second round of buyouts
Up to 400 eligible employees much decide by March if they will take the incentive.
Oversight
No furloughs expected at GAO, officials say
Despite major budget cuts, agency and union are not planning on employee furloughs.
Pay & Benefits
Reductions and Withholdings
Why your retirement check might be smaller than you think it’ll be.
Pay & Benefits
Less Than 1 Percent
A proposed pay raise in 2013 isn’t generating much enthusiasm among the federal workforce.
Defense
Inmate assaults on federal prison officers underscore staffing, budget shortfalls
The system is underfunded, improperly staffed and dogged with arcane standards for officer protection, union president says.
Pay & Benefits
GSA requests buyout authority
Agency seeks to offer the incentives to less than 5 percent of its workforce.
Pay & Benefits