Defense
OPM drops time limit to boost military spouse hiring
Final rule offers indefinite noncompetitive eligibility for government jobs to husbands and wives of disabled or deceased troops.
Pay & Benefits
Employee incentive payments increase in 2009
But budget constraints could cause agencies to lose ground in hiring and keeping top talent, expert says.
Pay & Benefits
Groups urge super committee to protect federal pay and benefits
Federal employee advocates say government workers have sacrificed enough.
Oversight
Postal Service pays less for employees to sit around
Cost of downtime decreased from $31 million in fiscal 2009 to $22 million in fiscal 2010.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker seeks end to congressional retirement benefits
Bill would cut pensions but keep 401(k) and Social Security plans intact.
Pay & Benefits
Earthquake Ease
OPM offers assistance in dealing with the stress of traumatic events.
Defense
TSA seeks authority to offer early outs to employees
Agency would provide the incentive from October 2011 through September 2013.
Pay & Benefits
OPM chief discusses new diversity initiative
John Berry wants to see better minority representation at the senior management level.
Pay & Benefits
Diminishing Returns
Why your interim retirement benefits could be a lot smaller than you expected.
Oversight
Obama orders agencies to develop plans to increase workforce diversity
Executive order also mandates creation of governmentwide plan.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service commences talks with two unions
The contract negotiations will address management’s plan to eliminate 220,000 jobs by 2015.
Pay & Benefits
Presidential vacation criticism is as old as Washington
In the two centuries since John Adams was the first president to seek solace outside Washington, the critics have always been there to attack.
Pay & Benefits
Treasury refills federal pension coffers
Law requires government to repay with interest retirement funds once debt limit is increased.
Pay & Benefits
Commerce offers buyouts, early outs
Agencies continue to seek authority from OPM to reshape the government workforce amid impending budget cuts.
Pay & Benefits
GAO plans to offer buyouts, early outs
Members of the Senior Executive Service are not eligible for the incentives in this round.
Pay & Benefits
Smooth Sailing
Tips for ensuring your transition to retirement goes off without a hitch.
Oversight
IG: Postal Service managers fudged pay-for-performance rules
Audit finds supervisors at the financially strapped agency arbitrarily lowered performance ratings and were less generous with raises, partly to avoid a public backlash.
Pay & Benefits