Oversight
Labor-management council delays reporting on bargaining expansion
OPM Director John Berry requests an extra 30 days to provide recommendations to White House on pilot programs.
Pay & Benefits
House debates telework legislation
Bill would guarantee that eligible employees could work outside the office at least 20 percent of the time.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers honor outstanding feds on Capitol Hill
Many of the 2010 Service to America finalists work in the health, science or security field.
Oversight
Lawmakers sponsor bill to allow earlier FEHBP enrollment for adult kids
Legislation would extend coverage to unmarried dependents during 2010.
Pay & Benefits
Workplace flexibility program moves full-speed ahead
Participants will work wherever and whenever they want, starting in June.
Defense
Industry officials criticize ‘quota-driven’ Defense insourcing
Contractor trade group, labor union, express concern about Pentagon plan to move thousands of jobs in-house.
Pay & Benefits
Personnel agency clarifies policies for insuring adult children
New cutoff age only takes effect on Jan. 1, 2011, but dependents who turn 22 before that can purchase a temporary continuation of health coverage.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds thrive in April
All but one of the offerings in the Thrift Savings Plan grew last month.
Defense
Top officers urge higher TRICARE fees
Leaders of the three naval services on Monday argued for an increase in the health care fees that retired military personnel and their families pay.
Oversight
Obama offers strong defense of government in Michigan speech
‘Government is us,’ president says in commencement address, arguing the focus should be on making it work better.
Pay & Benefits
Labor relations authority begins regulatory reform effort
Group announces proposed changes on the appeals process and how arbitrators award damages.
Defense
Agency saves time and money with online recruiting
NSA nets hundreds of qualified job candidates with one employee's idea to host a virtual career fair.
Pay & Benefits
Best Dates to Retire 2011
A look at next year’s calendar to find the best days to leave to maximize your benefits.
Oversight
OPM notes strides in training managers as legislation gathers steam
Unions and government groups back bill to expand instruction on mentoring, productivity and other issues.
Pay & Benefits
The Pay Game
When it comes to the annual raise, lawmakers should be subject to the same open process as feds.
Defense
House overhauls acquisition of Defense services, technology
Bill requires the Pentagon to tie acquisition employees’ salary increases and other incentives to performance.
Pay & Benefits
Watchdog finds unfair hiring practices in internship program
Union says EPA inspector general’s report provides “textbook example” of the program’s flaws.
Pay & Benefits
House votes to forgo congressional pay hike
Virginia Democrat says members must make sacrifices in the name of deficit reduction.
Pay & Benefits
Hiring overhaul on the way as soon as next week
White House memo will include guidance on using résumés in lieu of knowledge, skills and abilities essays.
Oversight