Pay & Benefits

Bush administration unveils 2002 pay increases

President Bush has ordered pay raises ranging from 4.52 percent to 5.42 percent for federal employees in 2002, depending on where they work.

Defense

Civilian employees eligible for ‘hostile fire’ pay

Federal employees who were at the Pentagon and World Trade Center complex during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are eligible for a one-time payment of $150, under a provision approved by Congress last week.

Pay & Benefits

Legislative winners

As is true in all years, most federal pay and benefits proposals on Capitol Hill failed to make the leap into law in 2001. But some did.

Pay & Benefits

OPM picks long-term care contractor

The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday announced the contractor that will run the government’s long-term care insurance program for federal workers, military personnel and retirees.

Pay & Benefits

Postal workers get 4.4 percent raise

Management

FAA withholds bonuses for top executives

Citing the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration will not award performance bonuses to its top executives this year, Jane Garvey, FAA administrator said Thursday.

Pay & Benefits

TSP tinkering

The latest Thrift Savings Plan news.

Pay & Benefits

Bush officials say no to five new locality pay areas

Federal employees in five cities won’t be getting extra pay boosts in January, the Bush administration has decided.