Pay & Benefits
Labor leader seeks boost in mileage reimbursement rate
Midyear adjustments are unusual, but union official says recent gas price increases merit a higher rate.
Pay & Benefits
OPM pushes to extend locality pay to Alaska, Hawaii
New proposal seeks to gradually replace cost-of-living allowances with locality payments for areas outside the contiguous states.
Pay & Benefits
A Whole Different Kind of Service
A look at the complex rules involving retirement credit for work in nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.
Oversight
FAA, union haggle over performance pay
Employee organization argues formula hurts lower-level workers, with raises contingent on factors beyond their control.
Pay & Benefits
Getting to the SES
Training and leadership programs can help employees get to the top of the civil service ladder.
Defense
Navy rolls out new workforce strategy
Service hopes to set an example for the federal government in recruiting and retaining talent.
Defense
Panel backs whistleblower rights for Defense contractors
An amendment to the 2008 Defense authorization bill seeks to give contract workers the same protections as federal employees.
Defense
Senate panel moves to scale back Pentagon personnel system
Armed Services Committee votes to repeal portions of the Pentagon's personnel system, amid rigorous lobbying from federal labor unions.
Defense
OPM pushes Homeland Security to move on pay for performance
Department has made progress on personnel reforms, but should begin basing pay on quality of work, report says.
Pay & Benefits
Crediting Volunteer Service
How service in prominent federal volunteer programs is treated in retirement computations.
Oversight
Union criticizes report backing NASA workforce flexibilities
Group charges that until the agency receives more funding, its missions and workforce remain at risk.
Pay & Benefits
Model for Health Coverage
Democrats in the 2008 presidential campaign turn to the federal employee program as a health care solution.
Oversight
Lawmakers grill GAO chief over pay decisions
Analyst says compensation study had "significant" flaws.
Pay & Benefits
TSP board collects input on potential plan changes
Automatic enrollment, Roth option would require additional work from payroll offices.
Oversight
McCain pledges to reorganize federal workforce
GOP presidential hopeful says he'll devote "necessary resources" to making sure "government pay scales allow us to attract the finest public servants."
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers hear concerns on potential health premium increases
Witnesses disagree on effects of new consumer-directed plans on overall costs.
Pay & Benefits
Universities propose alternative to public service academy
Plan would create "virtual academy" out of network of existing institutions.
Defense
Labor panel rejects challenge to DHS union election
Decision upholds vote in favor of National Treasury Employees Union to represent 21,000 Customs and Border Protection employees.
Defense
Appeals court allows Pentagon to limit collective bargaining
Labor unions argue that one judge's strong dissent may merit a full court review of the decision upholding the Defense Department's new personnel system.
Pay & Benefits