Pay & Benefits
FAA suspends controller after child's air traffic transmissions
Action comes after tapes surface of New York controller allowing his son to issue instructions to pilots.
Oversight
Postal Service outlines plan to stay afloat
Increased flexibility and eliminating Saturday delivery are critical to long-term financial viability, officials say.
Defense
Agriculture chief says black farmer discrimination settlement needs $1.15B
Obama administration wants Congress to provide the money by March 31, says Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Pay & Benefits
Burning Question: Should federal employees take a pay cut?
When a salary freeze just isn't good enough.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds flourish in February
All 10 offerings in the plan made a comeback last month.
Oversight
Congressional inaction forces Transportation to furlough 2,000
Department sends home inspectors after lawmaker blocks short-term Highway Trust Fund extension.
Oversight
Trust issues raised at first meeting of labor-management council
As group seeks to set standards for future efforts, union leaders accuse agency labor relations officials of past “obstruction.”
Pay & Benefits
Web site helps nuclear security agency employees find role models
Mentorship program targets all experience levels, not just senior managers.
Pay & Benefits
Avoiding Annuities
Why so many people say no to the opportunity to get a Thrift Savings Plan annuity.
Defense
GOP seeks to cut DHS personnel funding
Republicans want budget increases in 2011 proposal for staffing and other administrative resources to go toward mission operations.
Oversight
Uncle Sam kicks off new federal employee survey
OPM expects to poll 100,000 more government workers this year than in 2008.
Pay & Benefits
Burning Question: Do agencies make new employees do busywork?
New acquisition workers at one agency report their days are filled with drudgery and downtime.
Pay & Benefits
Life or Death
The government provides a range of benefits to families of federal employees who die on the job.
Pay & Benefits
Watchdog says FDA should fine-tune processes for handing out bonuses
Report follows OPM memo calling for more scrutiny of incentive payments governmentwide.
Oversight
Union calls for expanding definition of law enforcement officers
Changes would make more federal workers eligible for special retirement benefits and help agencies meet workforce challenges, officials say.
Pay & Benefits
Officials question need for bill to boost prescription drug oversight
OPM already has taken steps to ensure pharmacy benefit managers are not contributing to cost hikes, official testifies.
Defense
National labor leaders back AFGE in effort to organize screeners
Largest federal employee union is vying with NTEU for 40,000 potential new members.
Defense
Army resists immediate end to gay ban
In congressional testimony, officials recommended against a moratorium on discharging known homosexual service members until a review of "don't ask, don't tell" is completed.
Pay & Benefits
Most NSPS workers will return to the General Schedule by October
Defense still is determining how to handle employees who came in from non-GS pay systems.
Pay & Benefits