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Community of Caring
More flexibility for volunteer time can foster public service on and off the clock.
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Needed: Information, and Lots of It
Quick and aggressive dissemination of financial and health plan changes would help federal employees make better decisions about their benefits.
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Retirement Made EZ
A look at how the self-serve electronic benefits resource will work.
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Fair Trade
Members of the Thrift Savings Plan advisory council comment on new restrictions to interfund transfers.
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Imperfect Performance
Despite flawed programs and numerous failures, the U.S. is still ahead of the curve in measuring the effectiveness of government.
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Healthy Choice?
A study shows that high-deductible health plans have done little to crack down on rising costs.
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Groundhog Day
The battle over pay parity between civilian employees and military members resumes.
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Saving Sick Time
Employees question whether a proposed sick leave benefit is generous enough.
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Retirement Track
The Office of Personnel Management wants to give federal employees more resources to plan for retirement.
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Performance Pay Perils
A salary system for career executives might not be the model many had hoped it would be.
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Generation Gap
Don’t let stereotypes about young and older workers lead to flawed pay and benefits policy.
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Pushing Preferences
President Bush wants to expand a special hiring program for military spouses beyond Defense agencies.
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Fair Pay, Fair Play
In order for pay for performance to work, employees must believe it doesn’t reinforce existing biases.
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Winners and Losers
Will higher pay increases be enough to keep Defense employees under a new personnel system motivated?
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Defending Benefits
Federal employees are very protective of their benefits -- and wary of letting others in on the action.
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Reviewing Roth
The Thrift Savings Plan plans to look into adding a Roth 401(k) investment option.
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Honest Evaluations
The key to pay for performance is providing meaningful reviews of employees' work -- and giving them the opportunity to improve.
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Extending Benefits
Lawmakers re-launch effort to grant same-sex domestic partner benefits to federal employees; also, OPM makes retirement records electronic.
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