Pay & Benefits
The Benefits of Social Security
What you, your spouse and your children are entitled to.
Pay & Benefits
Monster launches new hiring software tool tailored to federal agencies
Program will take agencies and applicants from job posting through the first day.
Pay & Benefits
Home Sweet Home
House approves bill to expand telework opportunities across government.
Pay & Benefits
Supreme Court and EEOC grapple with age discrimination questions
Court expands federal employee rights in retaliation cases; proposed rule could make discrimination tougher to prove.
Oversight
House passes SES diversity legislation
Bill creates an office within OPM that will collect data about senior executives.
Pay & Benefits
House passes bill encouraging telework
Bill would require agency heads to allow qualified employees to work outside the office at least 20 percent of their hours in a two-week period.
Pay & Benefits
Proposal would give agencies more flexibility in processing EEO complaints
Commission votes to allow agency pilot projects to find ways to improve process.
Pay & Benefits
TSP’s market funds bloom in May
Small and common stocks post the largest gains for the month.
Oversight
OPM suspension of electronic retirement calculator blamed on contractor shortcomings
In a recent round of testing, agency says, only five of 61 functions passed.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers discuss expanding locality pay to areas covered by COLAs
Senators and federal employee groups cite need to keep retirement payments competitive, improve recruiting.
Pay & Benefits
Myth Busting
Setting the record straight about some misunderstood aspects of federal retirement.
Oversight
OPM suspends portion of contract for electronic retirement system
Agency orders contractor to stop work on electronic retirement calculator.
Oversight
Aviation groups push agenda as FAA reauthorization stalls
Collective bargaining for air traffic controllers is among legislative priorities.
Defense
Defense seeks to reprogram funds to cover Army shortfalls
Without supplemental funding, Gates predicts furloughs and suspension of pay.
Defense
Virginia senator: McCain 'missing the boat' on veterans' benefits bill
Republican presidential hopeful argues that Democrat Jim Webb's amendment to increase education benefits would undermine the military's retention efforts.
Defense
Pentagon issues regulations applying federal labor relations rules to pay system
Changes to the National Security Personnel System are required under a law passed last year.
Pay & Benefits
New bill would provide grad student scholarships for service
Bipartisan legislation would offer tuition and living expenses, and allow noncompetitive hiring of scholarship recipients.
Pay & Benefits
TSP and Taxes
A primer on the tax implications of withdrawals from your Thrift Savings Plan account.
Oversight