Pay & Benefits
Administration declines request to suspend pay-for-performance governmentwide
OMB chief tells lawmakers it is unnecessary to issue a blanket order halting systems tying pay to quality of work.
Oversight
Metro crash hits close to home for NOAA
Commutes to Silver Spring, Md., campus are disrupted by train collision, but no major injuries are reported among workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Personnel chief sets timeline for pay reform efforts
Administration aims to include a proposal in the fiscal 2011 budget, and to pass legislation before the midterm elections.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups push SES diversity bill
Legislation to increase number of women and minorities in the senior executive ranks faces uncertain path in the Senate.
Defense
House turns to Defense authorization, approps bills
Defense measure is expected to pass by a wide margin.
Pay & Benefits
Cost of CSRS retirement fix pegged at $40 million over 10 years
But Congressional Budget Office says bill to allow agencies to rehire retirees is budget-neutral.
Pay & Benefits
Workforce subcommittee chair pushes pay reform, personnel flexibilities
Rep. Stephen Lynch seeks administration input, quick movement on management priorities.
Pay & Benefits
Keeping Hope Alive
There’s a chance retirement benefits left out of the tobacco regulation bill will be resurrected later this year.
Oversight
Obama backs extension of benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees
President issues memo granting limited benefits immediately and endorses legislation providing full benefits.
Oversight
House members ask Obama to bring back labor-management partnerships
Reviving Clinton-era setup would strengthen communication between federal leaders and employee representatives, Democrats say.
Pay & Benefits
Panel backs bill that could spell end of Defense pay system
Measure requiring the Pentagon to report on why the National Security Personnel System shouldn’t be abolished in a year now goes to the full House.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement savings plan reforms could unfold rapidly
TSP board prepares to implement at least one provision in recently passed tobacco legislation as early as next month.
Oversight
Acquisition reform recommendations run the gamut
Panelists agree that improving the size, competency of acquisition workforce is the right place to start.
Pay & Benefits
Bills would boost leave and retirement benefits for administrative judges
Those in certain judicial posts are getting shortchanged compared with federal executives, critics say.
Defense
Lawmakers could deal Pentagon pay system another blow
Legislative provision would move NSPS employees back to the General Schedule unless Defense demonstrated improvements.
Defense
DHS could be overestimating costs of new border agents
High locality pay figures might be driving up anticipated price tag, according to GAO analysis.
Oversight
OMB releases hiring reform, budget guidelines
Agencies must report to the administration within the next six months on efforts to simplify the federal hiring process and reduce spending.
Oversight
Acquisition reform group warns government not to rush insourcing
Report says agencies could lose contractors’ valuable skills if conversion is not managed properly.
Pay & Benefits