Pay & Benefits
Senator calls for audit of senior executive bonuses
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., wants to know why so many are rewarded for top performance.
Defense
Law grants whistleblower protections to transportation workers
Language giving collective bargaining rights to federal airport screeners doesn’t make it into final version of security measure.
Defense
Increase in dangerous posts strains Foreign Service
State Department is facing staffing and training challenges as short-term hardship assignments become more common.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers question government contribution to health premiums
Top federal personnel official argues increasing government's share isn't necessary.
Pay & Benefits
TSP stock funds post losses for July
All of the stock-based funds in the 401(k)-style retirement savings plan lost money last month.
Pay & Benefits
Hitting the Ceiling
Limits on salaries are causing employees in the top echelons of government to fall behind on pay.
Pay & Benefits
Public service group promotes networking site, campus program
Site designed to lure young people to government will feature profiles of federal employees, video tours, message boards.
Pay & Benefits
TSP divestiture proposals stall in committee
House Financial Services Committee holds that it does not have jurisdiction over the 401(k)-style retirement savings plan.
Pay & Benefits
Senators propose incentives to attract public health workers
New bill would offer scholarships and loan repayments in exchange for a service commitment.
Pay & Benefits
Best Dates to Retire 2008
Getting down to specifics on how to maximize your benefits if you’re thinking about retiring next year.
Pay & Benefits
House members unveil paid parental leave legislation
New bill would provide eight weeks of paid leave to all federal employees for the birth or adoption of a child.
Pay & Benefits
Playing Up Performance
Pay-for-performance is starting to seem inevitable, but may still be a long ways off.
Pay & Benefits
House appropriators approve 3.5 percent military pay raise
The increase is equal to that recently approved by the House for civilian federal employees.
Oversight
Other countries share U.S. government’s workforce challenges
Officials from five major countries cite two common barriers to improving their workforces: compensation and talent shortages.
Tech
Government job listings may not reach wide enough
Openings posted on centralized government job search site are not typically searchable through popular engines like Google.
Oversight
Panel seeks advice on boosting diversity in senior ranks
Possibilities include training for women and minorities earlier in their careers, inclusion of diversity efforts in performance reviews.
Oversight
Controllers at busiest airports retiring in large numbers
New analysis shows breakdown in contract talks has led to jump in controller retirements.
Oversight