Pay & Benefits
Foreign Service spouses seek better retirement benefits
Foreign Service officers’ spouses who worked part-time for the government would regain lost retirement benefits under a bill introduced recently in the House.
Pay & Benefits
TSP offers fix for retirement errors
The Thrift Savings Plan board on Thursday proposed fixes for federal workers who were placed in the wrong retirement system in the past two decades.
Pay & Benefits
Eyeing health benefits, premiums
Your health insurance premiums will probably rise substantially again next year, but don’t expect new benefits for your money.
Pay & Benefits
Proposed cut in contraceptive coverage may not affect feds
The Bush administration’s proposal to end a requirement that health insurance firms offer birth control coverage to federal employees probably won't have a significant impact, federal officials say.
Pay & Benefits
OMB defends decision to break military-civilian pay link
The Office of Management and Budget is using benefits federal employees received in previous years to justify giving employees a 3.6 percent pay raise next year.
Pay & Benefits
Student loan repayment benefit takes effect
After 11 years and several delays, a student loan repayment benefit for federal employees finally took effect Thursday.
Pay & Benefits
Understanding TSP contributions
Answers to your questions on how to map out TSP contributions.
Management
Bush budget calls for 3.6 percent federal pay raise
President Bush has proposed a 3.6 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees next year, according to the administration’s full budget, released Monday.
Pay & Benefits
Pushing a pay raise
A 4.6 percent average federal pay raise is looking more and more likely. Plus, bills on the Hill, IRAs and smart TSP planning.
Pay & Benefits