Pay & Benefits
Senators introduce bill to provide dental, vision benefits
Legislation would provide voluntary supplemental coverage to federal employees.
Pay & Benefits
What's On Your Mind?
A Merit Systems Protection Board survey uncovers the issues most important to those involved in personnel reforms.
Pay & Benefits
GAO prepares for pay system overhaul
The watchdog agency is now able to completely separate itself from the executive branch pay system.
Defense
Defense official outlines personnel system principles
Navy Secretary tells employees process is “like designing a complex weapon system.”
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker weighs bill to address NIH conflicts of interest
Rep. Jim Greenwood, R-Pa., says he wants to remove salary caps and make agency's compensation system more transparent.
Pay & Benefits
Investigation spreads blame for mishandled TSP upgrade
The TSP board and a contractor both owe retirement plan participants an apology, congressional investigators find.
Management
Agency officials say resistance to telework is dropping
House lawmakers pledge to use appropriations stick to force agencies to support the practice.
Pay & Benefits
Eyes, Teeth, Ears and Benefits
Congress is considering new vision, dental and hearing benefits for federal employees willing to pay for them.
Pay & Benefits
Defense opens special pay center for Guard, Reserves
Cleveland office intended to centralize pay expertise in the wake of recent snafus.
Pay & Benefits
OPM studies show heightened interest in federal careers
Two-thirds of respondents to one recent survey said they were more interested in government work today than a few years ago.
Pay & Benefits
Matchless
Congress moves to eliminate TSP open seasons for employee contributions, but to keep restrictions on when agencies can provide matching funds.
Management
Senators urge funding to hire air traffic controllers
New employees must be trained before impending wave of retirements, they argue.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies told to beef up executive performance rating systems
GAO report comes as Bush administration works to implement performance pay system for executives governmentwide.
Pay & Benefits
Defense not using short-term deployment allowance
Congress approved the special pay allowance, aimed at service members who are frequently deployed for less than 30 days, last year.
Pay & Benefits
Committee approves workforce flexibility bill
House panel gives green light to legislation increasing options for awarding bonuses.
Pay & Benefits
Staying the Course
Preliminary results of a new OPM study show that federal law enforcement officers hung on to their jobs last year.
Management
Panel to review federal relocation policies
New panel will make recommendations for more efficient employee transfers.
Pay & Benefits
Postal Service computer glitch leads to $103 million in overpayments
Postal officials want the inspector general to develop recommendations to prevent a similar mistake from occurring in the future.
Pay & Benefits
Call Anytime
The Thrift Savings Plan is launching a toll-free hotline for participants who want the latest information on their accounts
Management