Pay & Benefits
Defending Benefits
Federal employees are very protective of their benefits -- and wary of letting others in on the action.
Pay & Benefits
Focus shifts to recruiting older workers
Nonprofits and lawmakers seek solutions to fill critical upper-level vacancies.
Pay & Benefits
TSP prepares for increased activity due to stock market plunge
Officials urge participants to take a long-term view of investing for retirement.
Pay & Benefits
Pilot program will target corporate workers for federal jobs
Partnership for Public Service, Treasury and IBM to develop governmentwide model.
Defense
Homeland Security drops proposed labor relations plans
Even if department wanted to move forward, Congress has denied it the money to do so.
Pay & Benefits
Reviewing Roth
The Thrift Savings Plan plans to look into adding a Roth 401(k) investment option.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers, witnesses debate fairness of pension provisions
Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision affecting Social Security benefits have long drawn the ire of federal retirees.
Tech
Agencies falling behind in recruiting young technology workers
Government must begin to rethink how it will attract 18- to 31-year-old workers.
Defense
Defense to begin recruiting foreign language corps
Pentagon seeks at least 1,000 people to serve in times of emergency or international need.
Defense
Vetoed authorization bill puts military bonuses on hold
Services have come to depend on the incentives to keep monthly recruiting and retention numbers on target.
Oversight
NASA contract employees win injunction against background checks
Federal judge says allowing investigations to continue forces workers to choose their between rights and their jobs.
Defense
Labor Department to fly solo on veterans' employment complaints
Pilot project dividing jurisdiction over federal sector complaints between Labor and Office of Special Counsel ends inconclusively.
Pay & Benefits
Changes for 2008
A look at annual changes in Social Security, Medicare and federal retirement benefits programs.
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Career official becomes deputy TSA administrator
Gale Rossides will implement many of the workforce plans she designed as associate administrator.
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Honest Evaluations
The key to pay for performance is providing meaningful reviews of employees' work -- and giving them the opportunity to improve.
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Panelists debate public service academy proposal
Critics say tax dollars could be more wisely spent on scholarships to service-minded students.
Pay & Benefits
Feds' political contributions increasingly go to Democrats
Political action committees are giving a greater proportion of donations to Democrats than they did in previous two election cycles.
Defense
Union files Supreme Court appeal of NSPS lawsuit
American Federation of Government Employees asks the high court to hear challenge to the Pentagon's proposed labor relations system.
Pay & Benefits