Pay & Benefits
Senate panel approves military-civilian pay parity
Senate Appropriations subcommittee votes to give federal workers a 3.5 percent pay raise in 2005.
Defense
9/11 commissioner pushes Congress to act on recommendations
Former congressman pushes for laws making it easier for the government to hire and retain quality personnel to help fight the war on terrorism.
Pay & Benefits
Debt ceiling showdown could affect TSP investments
Treasury may seek to avoid the limit by temporarily suspending investments in federal retirement funds.
Pay & Benefits
Overhauling Overtime
Opinions diverge on what will happen if new overtime regulations are applied to the federal workforce.
Pay & Benefits
Thrift Savings Plan funds grow slightly after losses in July
The F Fund, which invests in fixed-income securities, showed the largest gains.
Pay & Benefits
OPM prepares for aftermath of Hurricane Frances
Agency offers guidance on excused absences and premium pay for emergency overtime work.
Pay & Benefits
No timeline set for selecting new civil service subcommittee chief
A frontrunner for the top spot on a key House Government Reform subcommittee has announced that he will not seek re-election, leaving the field wide open.
Pay & Benefits
Seeing Red
Union leaders appealed to Congress Wednesday to restart personnel talks with the Defense Department and also leveled harsh accusations, calling the National Security Personnel System a front for outsourcing government jobs.
Pay & Benefits
FDIC seeks personnel overhaul from Congress
The independent agency asks for more flexibile system, but a union leader says the plan would hurt workers.
Pay & Benefits
More mid-career government jobs going to private sector workers
But the number of jobs open to outside applicants dwindled in 2003, study finds.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies triple student loan repayments
Reimbursements to employees under three-year-old benefit program totaled $9.1 million in fiscal 2003.
Pay & Benefits
Report seeks more federal support for childhood vaccinations
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter calls for more funding to be directed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Pay & Benefits
Flexible Rollover
A senior lawmaker wants employees with flexible healthcare spending accounts to keep unspent money at the end of each year.
Pay & Benefits
Unions seek to force DHS to keep negotiating on personnel rules
Labor leaders lobby members of Congress to put pressure on Homeland Security officials to extend discussions.
Pay & Benefits
Pay problems plague Army Reserve
A Government Accountability Office survey of eight Army Reserve units finds that 95 percent of personnel experienced pay problems.
Pay & Benefits
Senior executives fear new salary rules will roll back job protections
Group asks House leader to push for revision of regulations.
Pay & Benefits
OPM says its hiring success can be a model for the government
The Office of Personnel Management is touting its hiring process, which over the past nine months brought in employees at an average of 36 days each.
Pay & Benefits
Appealing Overtime
Three federal workers' unions are petitioning an appeals court to take another look at a case involving overtime for federal workers.
Pay & Benefits