Pay & Benefits
IRS seeks strategy to recruit, retain employees
Oversight board projects agency will lose about 4,000 employees a year over the next four years.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups praise Gonzales -- for leaving
Representatives of Justice Department employees say move is first step to shoring up low morale.
Pay & Benefits
OPM proposes new rules for electronic retirement system
Federal employees would be able to submit signatures, retirement forms and other records online.
Pay & Benefits
Benefits Bills
A look at how your federal pay and benefits could change when Congress returns from its August recess.
Oversight
FAA administrator to head trade group when term expires
Marion Blakey will take over at the Aerospace Industries Association in November.
Defense
OPM unveils technology to speed security clearance processing
If pilot is successful, all agencies could begin receiving background check files electronically by Oct. 1.
Pay & Benefits
Officials to shore up TSP against transaction influxes
Recent stock market dips trigger officials to assess the retirement plan's capacity to handle increased activity.
Pay & Benefits
Employees in U.S. Virgin Islands to get cost-of-living bump
Workers in Puerto Rico and some areas of Alaska may be headed for further decreases, but rates will remain the same for now.
Pay & Benefits
Feeling Special: Q&A
Answers to your questions on special retirement provisions for law enforcement officers and others.
Pay & Benefits
Continuing Coverage
Union leader says the government should consider letting dependent children stay on federal employee health insurance until age 25.
Pay & Benefits
Union members rally against labor relations official
Some NLRB employees say general counsel has violated labor law by refusing to work with a consolidated bargaining unit.
Defense
Security clearance challenges defy easy fixes
During a six-month period ending in March, the government took an average of 208 days to issue secret and confidential clearances and 276 days to grant top-secret ones.
Pay & Benefits
NASA urged to consider morale in reshaping workforce
Retirement of the space shuttle and ensuing shift in mission will create substantial challenges, GAO cautions.
Pay & Benefits
Feeling Special
Some special groups of federal employees are covered by unique retirement rules and restrictions.
Pay & Benefits
Ditching Debt
A look at what current benefit programs and proposals mean for federal employees with student loan debt.
Oversight
USDA agency launches inquiry into lobbying e-mail
Officials say they are looking into complaints that employees violated prohibitions against political activity by encouraging co-workers to oppose legislation.
Pay & Benefits
Labor board rulings highlight FAA-union tensions
Board rejects FAA charge against union of technical and safety workers, but sides with agency in case brought by another union.
Pay & Benefits
Bill would allow retirees to return with full pay
Legislation that would let retirees return for short stints in government was introduced in the Senate.
Defense