Veterans seek more health care funding as budget debate nears

• Peter Cohn
• March 23, 2004

Pentagon extends reservists' health care coverage

• David McGlinchey
• March 18, 2004

Committee agrees to cover troops' travel costs

• Amy Klamper
• March 18, 2004

Panel votes to ease pay 'compression' at upper levels

• Spencer Rich
• March 18, 2004

Pay Parity Problems

House lawmakers vote down an amendment calling for military-civilian pay parity in 2005.

• David McGlinchey
• March 18, 2004

Subcommittee orders study of new dental, hearing, vision benefits

• Spencer Rich
• March 17, 2004

Managers who get comp time may not benefit from overtime change

New overtime pay cap rules for high-grade federal employees may actually penalize workers who receive compensation time for their extra hours.

• Shawn Zeller
• March 12, 2004

Defense agency set to begin processing pay raise

• David McGlinchey
• March 12, 2004

Scrap the System

Seven Democrats call on the Defense department to drop its proposal for overhauling the civilian personnel system and start over.

• David McGlinchey
• March 11, 2004

Defense gets green light to hire experts at higher salaries

Under a new policy announced last week, the Defense Department will begin to recruit up to 2,500 “highly qualified experts” and pay them wages greater than other civil servants would receive.

• Shawn Zeller
• March 9, 2004

TSP officials could share responsibility for computer system delay

• David McGlinchey
• March 9, 2004

2003 Federal Pay Tables

• March 9, 2004

TSP funds have strong February showing

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• March 8, 2004

San Francisco feds get biggest locality-based pay raise

• David McGlinchey
• March 5, 2004

Bush issues order implementing pay raise

President Bush has issued an executive order officially implementing a 4.1 percent average pay raise for civilian federal employees in 2004.

• David McGlinchey
• March 4, 2004

Homeland Security workers criticize personnel reforms

• David McGlinchey
• March 4, 2004

Words of Kindness

A senator with an extensive banking background praises the Thrift Savings Plan.

• David McGlinchey
• March 4, 2004

Senate budget chief includes pay parity in proposed plan

• David McGlinchey
• March 3, 2004

Senators urge Pentagon to increase dialogue on personnel reform

• David McGlinchey
• March 3, 2004

Senator blasts Defense personnel overhaul design process

• Shawn Zeller
• March 2, 2004