Pay & Benefits

Pay raise moves forward

A 4.6 percent average pay raise for federal employees next year moved closer to reality last week, as the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the increase just one day after the full House voted for it.

Pay & Benefits

A dozen pin pricks

Twelve developments in federal pay and benefits this week.

Pay & Benefits

Bush again challenges 4.6 percent civilian pay raise

The Bush administration on Tuesday urged lawmakers to kill a measure giving federal workers a 4.6 percent average pay raise next year.