Pay & Benefits
Retirement funds bounce back in July
TSP investment options recover from dismal performances in May and June.
Pay & Benefits
TSP launches automatic enrollment for new hires
Three percent of basic pay will go to G Fund.
Defense
Reservists boost Coast Guard's efforts to clean up Gulf
The agency's response to the oil spill is unprecedented.
Oversight
Panels vote to maintain six-day postal delivery schedule
The full House and Senate must approve spending bills to take reduced schedule off the table for fiscal 2011.
Pay & Benefits
From Military to Civilian
A look at options for those who started in the armed forces and ended their careers in the civil service.
Defense
Army suicide report raises concerns about drug abuse
There is a clear link between risky behaviors and soldiers taking their own lives, researchers find after a 15-month study.
Oversight
Government employees on film rated as good-looking, smart
Even in movies with a negative depiction of government, institutions rather than individuals were targeted.
Pay & Benefits
Follow the Leader
Lawmakers so far seem to be toeing the administration’s line on the fiscal 2011 federal pay raise.
Oversight
Streamlining payroll and other HR systems reaps financial dividends
Personnel agency makes the case for continuing the shift toward shared service centers, noting efforts to date have saved taxpayers $1.3 billion.
Defense
Justice investigates allegations of cheating at FBI
The inspector general is looking into whether hundreds of agents took shortcuts on a training test.
Oversight
Poll: Some feds are overpaid and underworked
Inefficient employees who still receive big paychecks are major source of government waste, Americans say.
Pay & Benefits
Burning Question: How much do you make?
Is that question rude, or simply a fact of life in the government context?
Pay & Benefits
Obama orders agencies to increase employment of disabled workers
Directive mandates that agencies take steps to meet hiring goals established by President Clinton.
Pay & Benefits
Hispanics, white women remain underrepresented in federal offices
EEOC report indicates government still has a ways to go to “represent the tapestry of America.”
Defense
Defense races the clock on 2005 BRAC implementation
Pentagon faces challenges in meeting 2011 deadline for changes at 800 locations, GAO finds.
Pay & Benefits
Telework bill could be near tipping point
House-Senate negotiators don’t have many issues to reconcile before they send the measure to President Obama, staffer says.
Pay & Benefits
Before Your Time
What happens when you’re ready to retire, but don’t have a full career’s worth of federal service?
Oversight
Burning Question: What do you wish your employees did?
Meet deadlines? Quit gossiping? Retire if you're just not interested in the job any more?
Oversight