Defense
States find success with civil service reform, report says
Personnel directors in three states that have eliminated civil service laws can more quickly hire, fire, promote and re-assign workers than they could when the laws were in place, a new report says.
Management
OPM announces internal restructuring plan
The Office of Personnel Management may need to hire more staff, not cut staff, as part of a reorganization aimed at making the office a better central human resources agency for the government, a senior OPM official said Wednesday.
Pay & Benefits
Winter decisions
The Senate—and you—have several pay and benefits decisions to make this winter.
Pay & Benefits
Senate passes several federal benefits bills
The Senate on Thursday approved three minor benefits bills that would affect injured federal workers, Smithsonian Institution employees and Overseas Private Investment Corporation employees.
Defense
Pentagon deploys massive personnel and pay system
The Defense Department has finished setting up a massive computer system to handle pay, benefits and personnel records for the more than 800,000 civilians that work for the department worldwide, according to Pentagon officials.
Pay & Benefits
Federal retirees' cost-of-living increases set
Retired federal employees will receive a 1.4 percent cost-of-living increase in their pensions this winter.
Pay & Benefits
Where the bonuses are
Federal executives' bonuses hinge partly on what agency they work for.
Pay & Benefits
New TSP computer system hits another delay
A new computer system that would give federal employees more control over their 401k-style Thrift Savings Plan accounts won’t be ready for a previously announced kickoff date in November, the TSP board announced Friday.
Pay & Benefits
Nonprofit workers more motivated than federal employees
Employees in the nonprofit sector are more committed than federal employees to their jobs, according to a new study.
Management