Pay & Benefits
No back pay for furloughed feds predicted
Rep. Jim Moran expects nonessential employees won't be reimbursed if agencies shut down.
Oversight
Hundreds of thousands of feds face furloughs
Senior administration official says about 800,000 employees could be furloughed during a government shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
GOP budget resolution calls for pay freeze through 2015
House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s plan to cut spending would have feds contribute more to their pensions.
Oversight
Postal Service defends new labor contract
Agreement offers best cost savings possible without legislative change, officials tell Congress.
Oversight
Union sues government over lack of shutdown information
OMB still has not directed agencies to release their specific contingency plans on how a government hiatus would affect employees.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service labor agreement to save $3.8 billion over four years
Union contract reduces agency’s health care spending and creates a more flexible workforce.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds post mixed results in March
Federal retirement investment options were all over the map for the month, but they remain in the black for the year.
Oversight
Managers ‘too timid’ in dealing with poor performers, OPM chief says
John Berry tells lawmakers at budget hearing that pay for performance is a work in progress.
Pay & Benefits
Cutting Benefits: Readers Bite Back
A sampling of responses to proposals to cut back on federal employee benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Watchdog praises VA for education on new GI bill
But the department needs to improve outreach to disabled vets, GAO says.
Pay & Benefits
All in the Family
OPM releases comprehensive guidance on FEHB coverage for dependents under age 26.
Pay & Benefits
Obama solicits ideas from federal workers for government reform
In video, president suggests that help can come from workers themselves.
Defense
Defense employees bear heavy burden in efficiency plan
Pentagon seeks $25 billion in savings through personnel and salary freezes of military civilians.
Pay & Benefits
Facebook-using federal managers “surge,” survey finds
Most of the government respondents who use the social networking site use it for work, the study says.
Pay & Benefits
TSP delays Roth option
Added time will accommodate needs of agencies having trouble adapting to new payroll requirements, officials say.
Oversight
Union demands concessions in the event of a government shutdown
AFGE deploys its members to fight for retroactive administrative leave, continued health care benefits.
Pay & Benefits
Government revoking pay raises, top career officials claim
Some senior executives believe their performance-based pay increases are being terminated because of the salary freeze.
Pay & Benefits
Are Cuts Coming?
Federal retirement benefits are under fire more than at any time in recent memory.
Pay & Benefits
USPS begins $20,000 buyouts, early retirement processes
Agency plans to cut 7,500 jobs and close seven postal districts, official says.
Pay & Benefits