Pay & Benefits
Scarce Payback
Federal employee student loan repayments are growing, but remain a relatively rare benefit.
Management
House to vote on bill reviving FAA-union negotiations
Legislation would need approval of two-thirds of members to pass.
Pay & Benefits
OPM floats proposal for high-deductible health plan
Employee groups concerned move will drive up premiums in traditional plans.
Management
Report: Some appointees improperly got career jobs
“Burrowing in” to the civil service is an accepted practice, but must follow merit system procedures, GAO notes.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Gap: The Rebuttal
Federal employees and their advocates respond to claim that civil servants are overcompensated.
Management
OPM floats new workforce management rules for agencies
Agency will require detailed annual reports on accomplishments and progress in managing employees.
Management
OPM to track agency training efforts
Agencies required to report employee-specific details by the end of year.
Pay & Benefits
Administrative law judges seek higher pay
OPM says pay for performance should be a requirement for increased salaries.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Gap: A Different Take
A libertarian think tank argues that federal pay is actually higher than private sector.
Tech
Private sector may be invited to join in human resources consolidation
A request for proposals expected this summer would allow contractors to compete against federal service centers.
Management
EEOC seeks to offer buyouts, early outs to headquarters employees
Funds freed up would be used to hire investigators, mediators and attorneys for field offices.
Pay & Benefits
Congressmen seek appropriators' support for pay parity
Group responds to last week’s vote to bump the 2007 military pay raise higher than Bush’s request.
Pay & Benefits
TSP moves jobs out of New Orleans, into private sector
Hurricane Katrina prompts faster outsourcing of support jobs for retirement savings plan.
Defense
Lawmakers deny DHS extra funding for personnel system
Unions ask Congress to strip funding completely in an effort to halt human resources overhaul.
Tech
Justice agency, union reach telework agreement
About 750 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives employees will have greater flexibility to work away from the office under new policy.
Pay & Benefits
Who’s Your Beneficiary?
Advice on filing forms detailing the beneficiaries of your federal benefits after your death.
Defense
House approves 2.7 percent military raise
Federal employee advocates reiterate calls for military-civilian pay parity.
Management