Pay & Benefits
Deposits and Credits
Understanding these uniquely important concepts to the federal retirement process.
Pay & Benefits
House passes paid parental leave bill
Feds would get four weeks of paid time off for birth or adoption of a child; veto threat looms.
Pay & Benefits
Pay It Forward
Proponents of the National Security Personnel System hope to ensure it survives the presidential transition.
Oversight
Shift of Federal Protective Service to DHS called 'lethal'
Budget and staffing woes blamed for dangerous security gaps at federal buildings.
Pay & Benefits
Service to America Medals finalists unveiled
Nominees recognized for their work in science, technology and human rights issues.
Pay & Benefits
House panel approves 3.9 percent civilian pay raise
Move follows authorization of equal increase for military.
Pay & Benefits
White House opposes measure to extend parental leave
Bill would let federal employees use their accrued sick leave for an additional eight weeks of paid leave.
Pay & Benefits
Air traffic controllers say FAA is undermining safety agreement
Documents show agency balked at providing "nonpunitive" environment for reporting errors and risks.
Pay & Benefits
Union calls for midyear adjustment of mileage reimbursement rate
Record-high gas prices cited in push for an increase.
Defense
House panel backs retirement benefits boost for border officers
Bill also limits funding for new DHS personnel system.
Pay & Benefits
To-Do List
A guide to forms you should gather and things you should do before and after your retirement date.
Pay & Benefits
Execs' association calls for pay reform, more career positions
Leaders lay out comprehensive agenda for the next administration.
Pay & Benefits
Frankenstein's System
The federal pay structure is like a monster, with a torso drawn from the General Schedule and performance-based extremities tacked on.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies urged to hire ex-offenders
People with criminal records could help fill future staff shortages, House panel says.
Oversight
From Nextgov.com: GSA signs telework agreement with union
AFGE officials agree to provisions that abruptly ended telework talks with another federal union.
Defense
Bush: Troops could miss paychecks, civilians could be laid off
Congress must pass war supplemental funding measure to keep Defense operations going, White House says.
Pay & Benefits
Labor relations observers say government unions can be innovators
But high pension costs and acrimonious debate can damage relationships between public sector employees and management.
Oversight
Storms test GSA’s continuity plans
Power outage at Northern Virginia facility allows agency to launch notification system and telework arrangements.
Pay & Benefits
Telework negotiations break down between union and GSA
Dispute over disciplinary provision and elimination of employee reimbursements ends in stalemate.
Defense