Defense
Pentagon follows Congress' lead on NSPS raises
Employees under the Pentagon's new personnel system will receive a 60-40 split between base pay and performance-related increases in 2008.
Pay & Benefits
TSP funds earn modest gains in 2007
International investments outperform other funds for the year.
Defense
New Defense personnel system frees managers
But the ability to link pay raises more closely to job performance and to move employees between jobs comes with a cost.
Pay & Benefits
Extending Benefits
Lawmakers re-launch effort to grant same-sex domestic partner benefits to federal employees; also, OPM makes retirement records electronic.
Oversight
FAA, controllers union to hold second meeting on safety issues
Get-togethers could be sign that relationship between management, union, is improving.
Pay & Benefits
President signs $516 billion omnibus spending bill
Measure includes 3.5 percent pay increase for white-collar federal employees, enhanced benefits.
Oversight
Report suggests strategies for managing older workers
Organizations urged to show respect and provide opportunities for growth and training.
Pay & Benefits
Groups question TSP interfund transfer restrictions
Employee council probes alternatives to limiting participants’ number of trades per month.
Pay & Benefits
Arbitrator faults IRS in labor negotiations
Agency cited for bad-faith bargaining over employee work schedules.
Pay & Benefits
Senate approves stronger whistleblower protections
President Bush has said he would veto the measure, but it has very strong support in both houses of Congress.
Pay & Benefits
Catch-all funding bill includes pay parity, personnel provisions
Move follows authorization of equal increase for military service members.
Defense
House passes omnibus spending bill with 3.5 percent raise
Democrats back down on many spending priorities; Bush indicates he'll sign measure.
Pay & Benefits
TSP officials hear from participants on interfund restrictions
Some react negatively to a proposal to set a monthly limit on transfers, but officials are intent on moving forward.
Pay & Benefits
Job Corps kicks off YouTube recruiting campaign
Labor Department training program tailors advertising to students.
Pay & Benefits
Last-Minute Tips
A checklist for those about to move on to the next phase of their lives.
Defense
Lawmakers urge Pentagon to weigh alternatives to furloughs
Military budgeting options could delay the need for layoffs until at least late March, a new report states.
Oversight