Bush signs bill to expedite SEC hiring

• July 3, 2003

Independence day

The government's watchdog agency wants a new name and more freedom to manage its workforce.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 3, 2003

TSP funds post positive returns in June

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 2, 2003

Appointees, civil servants share secrets to a good relationship

• Amelia Gruber
• July 2, 2003

Labor Department and union wrangle over transit subsidy

An 18-month-long dispute over increasing the transit subsidy benefit for some employees at the Labor Department led union members to stage a second protest Tuesday in front of the agency’s headquarters.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• July 1, 2003

At DHS, the Bush team and unions are actually getting along

Federal unions and officials at the new Homeland Security Department are doing a surprising thing: They’re getting along.

• Brian Friel
• July 1, 2003

Veterans Affairs Committee approves legislation to improve vets’ health care

• Sara Steines
• June 27, 2003

NASA personnel bill advances with union support

The House Science-Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee approved a measure Thursday giving NASA greater flexibility in attracting and retaining employees.

• Roxanne Yaghoubi
• June 27, 2003

TSP trials

Readers express frustration over the new TSP record keeping system and the lawsuit it sparked.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 26, 2003

TSP settles lawsuit with contractor

The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board and a former contractor have settled a lawsuit over a botched effort to modernize the TSP’s computer system—leaving TSP participants footing a $36 million bill for the failed modernization contract.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 23, 2003

Packin’ it in

Agencies can now use early outs when they need to realign their workforce.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 19, 2003

TSP Web glitches hinder launch of new recordkeeping system

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 18, 2003

Senate panel takes its turn at Pentagon personnel overhaul

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee stepped into the fray Tuesday over plans to overhaul the Pentagon's management of some 730,000 civilian employees.

• Michael Posner
• June 17, 2003

TSP record-keeping system up and running, finally

The long-awaited modernized computer system for the 401k-style Thrift Savings Plan was up and running Monday afternoon, according to TSP board officials.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 16, 2003

Agencies urged to cover flexible spending account fees

Federal employees have until the end of next week to sign up for new health care, child care and elder care benefits, the Office of Personnel Management has announced. The office is also urging federal agencies to pick up the administrative costs of the new benefits, rather than pass those costs on to employees.

• Brian Friel
• June 16, 2003

VA struggles to balance vets' health care demands, rising costs

• Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
• June 13, 2003

Know thyself

Agencies looking for personnel flexibilities should stop by OPM before heading to Capitol Hill.

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 12, 2003

New personnel rules to come out this week

Federal managers could have more discretion in hiring decisions, while federal workers could get the government to pay for academic degrees, under regulations that the Office of Personnel Management will publish this week.

• Brian Friel
• June 11, 2003

Student loan repayment program off to slow start

With some exceptions, most federal agencies helped few or no employees with their college debt under a two-year-old repayment program aimed at recruiting and retaining good federal workers.

• Brian Friel
• June 9, 2003

High health premiums deter military retirees from pilot program

• Tanya Ballard Brown
• June 6, 2003