Pay & Benefits
The Top Five
The most important things to think about in your long-term preparations for retirement.
Oversight
Postal Service prodded -- once again -- to do more with less
Despite job cuts, some lawmakers still criticize agency for retaining a bloated workforce.
Pay & Benefits
After NSPS
For many returning to the General Schedule, questions linger about where they will land in their old pay system.
Defense
Agencies seek to standardize pay and benefits for civilians overseas
Proposal would ensure employees abroad received at minimum the level of locality pay in Washington.
Defense
Lawmakers propose acquisition overhaul at Defense
Procurement and financial management personnel would see new rewards and consequences for performance.
Oversight
Oversight committee OKs telework and TSP bills
Federal employees are one step closer to regular telecommuting and to being allowed to put the cash value of unused leave toward their retirement.
Pay & Benefits
TSA pushes back on unionization campaign
Agency says posting election petitions would be premature when legal questions remain.
Oversight
Legislation aims to improve presidential transitions
Senators look to formalize and build on best practices from the last transfer of power.
Defense
Lawmakers question management, progress at blast injury treatment centers
Pentagon has lagged behind in creating medical centers of excellence; goals remain largely unmet.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker questions consistency in crackdown on unpaid interns
Top Republican on government oversight panel asks White House to report on whether its internship program violates labor laws.
Defense
Firefighters could lose jobs because of age
Dozens of Defense contract firefighters would be ineligible for their jobs under insourcing plan.
Defense
Job tenure taken out of the equation in NSPS transition
Pentagon secures a waiver from time-in-grade rules for certain employees moving back to the General Schedule.
Pay & Benefits
Senate approves TRICARE legislation
Bill stipulates that military health plans meet new health reform requirements.
Oversight
GAO calls for more outsourcing, part-time employees at Postal Service
Watchdog and lawmakers disagree over whether workforce restructuring will improve USPS’ bottom line.
Pay & Benefits
Merits of internship programs under debate
Programs should include evaluation of participants’ fitness for full-time work, association says.
Defense
First Lady praises Pentagon employees
Mrs. Obama says administration is committed to supporting service members and their families through improved pay and benefits.
Oversight
Advocacy group says women not moving up the federal ranks
Movement into senior federal jobs has slowed, according to Federally Employed Women.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies urged to hire more grad students noncompetitively
The standard process hurts candidates with good academic credentials but little work experience, association of schools argues.
Pay & Benefits
Financial Literacy for Feds
A look at the basic steps needed to get on track for retirement security.
Oversight