Pay & Benefits
Uncertain Times
How changes in policies, programs and the economy could affect your retirement security.
Pay & Benefits
Air Force offers 6,000 civilian employees buyout options
Effort to reduce personnel is part of a Defensewide efficiency initiative.
Oversight
OPM pays out $601 million in benefits to the dead
Money owed to the government from improper annuity payments is on the rise, IG finds.
Oversight
Survey: Feds are happy at work despite tough times
But employees are less thrilled about pay and performance management.
Oversight
SES diversity predicted to fall short in 2030 and beyond
Latinos will be significantly underrepresented in top government jobs, report finds.
Oversight
The best federal agencies, according to their employees
New survey includes agency rankings in leadership and knowledge management, results-oriented performance culture, talent management and job satisfaction.
Pay & Benefits
Insurance Extensions
Lawmaker proposes disability coverage for feds; Defense expands TRICARE offerings.
Oversight
Lawmakers move GOP postal reform bill forward
Legislation sponsored by House oversight committee chairman would cut delivery and reduce USPS’ labor costs.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups criticize Obama’s deficit-cutting plan
Labor-management council discusses president’s proposals and performance management strategy.
Pay & Benefits
GAO contemplates layoffs
Government watchdog is considering all options in the face of likely major cuts to fiscal 2012 budget.
Pay & Benefits
ATF offers hundreds of buyouts
Bureau hopes to save up to $20 million from voluntary separation packages.
Oversight
Lawmakers tout new postal reform measure as employee-friendly
House Democrats say their proposal to ease the agency’s financial strain goes easier on workers than a Republican alternative.
Oversight
Deficit reduction pain for federal employees could be worse, some say
Administration argues Obama’s proposal to raise feds’ retirement contribution levels is better than alternatives.
Pay & Benefits
Official confirms tensions over role of women in Obama White House
Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett tells the Washington Post there were some issues early on.
Defense
'Don't ask, don't tell' comes to an official end
Memo asks troops to "treat one another with dignity and respect regardless of sexual orientation."
Oversight
Obama already faces opposition on deficit strategy
Minutes after Rose Garden speech, House speaker accuses the president of failing to make a 'serious contribution' to the super committee's work.
Oversight
Obama jobs and deficit proposal targets contractor executive pay
Savings also claimed from reducing improper payments, curbing waste, selling federal assets.
Pay & Benefits
Feds would contribute more to pensions under Obama’s deficit plan
President’s proposal also would raise health care costs for some military employees and retirees and would lower the salary cap for contractor executives.
Oversight
Groups urge Obama not to target federal pay and benefits
The president is scheduled to release his deficit reduction recommendations Monday.
Pay & Benefits