Pay & Benefits
IRS hires firm to review performance pay for managers
Consultant will evaluate compensation system over five years to determine whether changes are helping to hire and retain managers.
Oversight
Air traffic controllers sue over alleged mold problems
Detroit controllers say mold persists despite efforts to remove it; FAA says the problem has been solved.
Oversight
House passes FAA reauthorization bill
Substantial differences remain between House and Senate over language on contract negotiations and funding.
Pay & Benefits
Catch-62
A cautionary tale about fully understanding your benefits before you retire.
Pay & Benefits
GAO analysts vote for union representation
Employees vote 897-445 to bring a union into the watchdog agency for the first time.
Pay & Benefits
High-performing civil servants honored at black tie gala
Science and technology played major roles in award recipients’ work in medicine, security, service delivery and diplomacy.
Pay & Benefits
Making Better Pay Decisions
As pay-for-performance systems spread, managers who make compensation decisions need to be armed with as much data as possible.
Defense
Defense labor relations reforms waiting on Congress
Pentagon personnel official says it wouldn’t make sense to enact changes only to have lawmakers repeal them later.
Pay & Benefits
Intelligence agencies move closer to common personnel system
New 500-day plan will focus on performance management, pay for performance and hiring in the intelligence community.
Oversight
Special counsel, merit protection measure advances
Subcommittee passes language aimed at ensuring allegations of discrimination based on sexual orientation are pursued.
Pay & Benefits
TSP board backs budget hike for tech upgrade
Investments are necessary to replace aging computer equipment, improve efficiency and enhance security, CIO says.
Pay & Benefits
First civil service union celebrates 90 years
The National Federation of Federal Employees was established in 1917, as the first government union.
Tech
HR specialists note generation gap in telework acceptance
Despite slower adoption among older managers, it’s a powerful recruitment and retention incentive, conference participants say.
Defense
Pentagon changes policy for NSPS pay raises in 2008
Some employees in the new personnel system won’t get the increase they expected.
Pay & Benefits
Unions call on OPM to rein in health care premiums
Labor leaders say federal government should increase its share of payments and take advantage of subsidies.
Pay & Benefits
Public or Private?
If you want to keep working after you become retirement-eligible, should you stay in government or shift to the private sector?
Pay & Benefits
Federal health premiums to rise slightly in 2008
Overall, they will go up by an average of 2.1 percent next year, as OPM dips into reserve funds to keep increases down.
Oversight
Staffing shortages slow vets’ employment counseling
VA and Labor coordination efforts hindered by personnel limitations, difficulty sharing information.
Pay & Benefits
Top Dollar Talent
Agencies are making big strides in offering incentives to new and seasoned employees.
Tech