Pay & Benefits
Retirees shouldn’t hold their breath for automated annuity payments
Transition away from the paper-based system has been put on hold until OPM has a chance to come up with a new game plan.
Oversight
Sherrod turns down USDA job
Ousted official refuses Secretary Tom Vilsack's offer to take a civil rights post.
Oversight
Observer: Managers have reason to be wary of telework
Difficulty staying in touch with employees and monitoring productivity might have soured supervisors on the arrangement, executives association official says.
Pay & Benefits
IG: Postal Service paid $6.8 billion extra to pension fund
Overpayments to Federal Employees Retirement System have made it more difficult for USPS to manage its precarious finances, report says.
Oversight
Obama sends 30 tech projects back to the drawing board
Modernization of paper-based payment system for retirees is among the initiatives getting a second look.
Oversight
Lawmaker touts telework as a win-win situation
The arrangement boosts productivity, cost savings, recruitment and retention, and quality of life, says Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly.
Pay & Benefits
The Next Adventure
Deciding when to move on -- and what to do -- is an intensely personal process.
Pay & Benefits
More feds are benefiting from student loan repayments
Total amount paid out to employees is also growing.
Pay & Benefits
Analysis: The great federal pay debate
It’s all about benchmarking salary on a job-for-job basis, says a leading federal compensation analyst.
Pay & Benefits
Report: HR officials face an uphill battle on hiring reform
Lack of skills and resources could make it difficult for agencies to fulfill mandate, survey finds.
Oversight
USAJobs aims to boost minority recruiting
Voluntary form will provide agencies with information to effectively target certain groups, observers say.
Pay & Benefits
New automatic enrollment program could encourage TSP savings
Data on the fledgling effort is not available yet, but officials don’t expect to see many people opt out.
Defense
Obama signs border bill adding 1,200 new employees
Measure also funds upgrades to communication and surveillance technology.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service strives to maintain a deep bench for executive jobs
Even as USPS’ workforce shrinks, officials focus on getting diverse candidates with varied experience lined up for leadership vacancies.
Pay & Benefits
At Your Service
Answers to readers’ questions about service requirements and retirement.
Oversight
Study to settle public-private pay debate still a ways off
Data shows increasing compensation gaps between public and private sector workers, as observers wait for a reliable comparison.
Pay & Benefits
Transit Sticker Shock
Federal commuters could see their transit benefits cut almost in half if Congress doesn’t act by the end of the year.
Defense
Lawmaker questions management of soldiers’ life insurance funds
Beneficiaries aren’t well-informed on insurance payouts and don’t receive full interest, says Democrat.
Pay & Benefits