Oversight
Wording matters when polling on collective bargaining
The word "rights" in national polling was making respondents change the way they answered.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers question pay for USPS employees
House committee plans hearing to scrutinize postal workforce costs and new union contract.
Oversight
IG faults locations of taxpayer assistance centers
IRS field facilities not serving optimal number of return filers who have questions, says Treasury watchdog.
Oversight
Progress cited on reorganization of government
OMB’s Jeffrey Zients says effort may involve short-term costs to achieve long-term gains.
Oversight
GSA boosts per diem rates in major metro areas
Federal employees on business travel to New York City and San Francisco will have more money for hotel expenses from April through September.
Defense
Report urges intelligence community to use more science in recruitment of analysts
Raw cognitive ability is a better indicator of success than specific expertise, says the National Research Council.
Tech
Program Manager Class
Proposed classification would affect pay plans, series, titles and grades of IT program managers.
Pay & Benefits
Senator proposes cuts to federal annuity benefits
Bill would eliminate pensions for all government employees hired from 2013 onward.
Pay & Benefits
For Richer or Poorer: Final Words
Some general guidance about options when it comes to providing for a surving spouse.
Oversight
OMB, special counsel nominees approved in committee
Heather Higginbottom would serve in the No. 2 role at the Office of Management and Budget.
Pay & Benefits
Hitting the Ceiling
What happens to federal employees’ benefits when the government bumps up against its debt limit?
Oversight
Labor leaders demand answers on agency shutdown plans
Lack of information about furloughs and pay is causing concern among employees, unions say.
Oversight
Experts call on agencies to narrow performance goals
Witnesses tell Senate task force that the government’s performance management system in many cases is understood only by insiders.
Oversight
OPM chief calls for new performance review system
John Berry says current process has 'dehumanized' management.
Oversight
Administration backs delay of contractor tax withholding
Controversial provision would require the government to withhold 3 percent of its payments to industry firms.
Oversight
Hiring managers should be agency brand ambassadors, says official
OPM recruiting specialist recommends that search for new talent be done through formal activities; new online tools suggest how.
Defense
Government would save billions by capping pay, CBO says
Latest report from the Congressional Budget Office explores potential savings of reducing annual military and civilian pay raises.
Oversight
Defense outlines furlough policy
Military personnel must report for duty without pay and complete any work left undone by furloughed civilian employees.
Pay & Benefits