Pay & Benefits
OPM issues contracts to upgrade recruitment, training
Web site improvements designed to allow job seekers to check status of applications.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers rap OPM on underpaid retirement annuities
OPM director says on average, retirees initially receive only 80 percent of what they are owed.
Pay & Benefits
Performance Pay: A History
Pay for performance in government isn’t exactly a new concept.
Pay & Benefits
TSP launches life-cycle funds
New funds put retirement investments on “cruise control,” automatically shifting money from a mix of riskier to more conservative investments as participants age.
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Nonfederal organizations endorse performance-based pay
But GAO says their experience shows that compensation changes must be part of broader performance improvement initiatives.
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All About FSAs
Money saved for braces, laser eye surgery and even summer camp can be tax-free.
Defense
Lawmakers rip Pentagon plan to relocate civilian employees
House panel questions why employees at Defense facilities need security standards more stringent than those for other federal workers.
Pay & Benefits
Top Bush aides get small pay boost
Senior White House officials received raises to $161,000 per year at the beginning of July.
Defense
SES system may pave way for performance-based pay
Shift to pay-for-performance in senior ranks spurs curiosity at lower levels, say panelists at Excellence in Government conference.
Defense
Homeland Security begins training managers on new personnel system
More than 12,000 managers will attend sessions between now and October.
Defense
Senate votes to give military health care to Guard, Reserves
House lawmakers stripped similar language from its version of the bill.
Pay & Benefits
Relocation board’s charter extended through end of 2005
The Governmentwide Relocation Advisory Board’s charter given some wiggle room in case it stumbles in meeting September reporting deadline.
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Eye of the Storm
Agencies can give volunteering employees excused absences, OPM says.
Management
FAA and air traffic controllers begin talks on union contract
Administration seeks to curb controllers’ salaries.
Pay & Benefits
Bush administration, House at odds over 2006 pay raise
White House says across-the-board raise will hurt pay-for-performance efforts at Defense and Homeland Security.
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TSP to roll out new funds in two weeks
Board will send explainer DVD on "life-cycle" funds to all 3.4 million TSP participants.
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TSP begins permanent open season
Employees can now enroll in the Thrift Savings Plan or shift their contribution levels at any time.
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