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Getting to the SES
Training and leadership programs can help employees get to the top of the civil service ladder.
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Model for Health Coverage
Democrats in the 2008 presidential campaign turn to the federal employee program as a health care solution.
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TSP board collects input on potential plan changes
Automatic enrollment, Roth option would require additional work from payroll offices.
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Still Pushing
Short-term disability benefits and electronic retirement records remain high priorities for OPM Director Linda Springer.
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Performance-Based Perils
Another federal organization that was supposed to be a model of personnel reform faces scrutiny.
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Darfur Divestment?
Members of Congress want to know if investments in the Thrift Savings Plan are helping to fund atrocities in Sudan.
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Move Around
One of the upsides of working for the federal government is that you can jump to a new agency and keep your benefits.
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Paybanding Evolution
New regulations give IRS supervisors more and more flexibility to set pay, as long as it’s not according to the General Schedule.
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Pay Ploy?
A new analysis tests the idea that alternate pay systems are a tactic to decrease pay.
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Shielding Benefits
Federal employment protects benefits where the private sector can’t.
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Cleared for Higher Pay
New study shows workers with security clearances earn about 25 percent more than their noncleared counterparts.
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Raising Expectations
Can federal employees trust top officials' promises that they won't be denied salary increases in performance-based pay systems?
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Executive Extras
Which agencies are the most generous when it comes to executive bonuses?
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Budgeting Benefits
Analysts suggest deficit reduction tactics that would make a dent in federal employees’ benefits.
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Highest Honor
Roughly one in 1.8 million federal employees receive the government’s top award for civilian service each year.
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Exit Strategy
Federal employees save more money and more time for retirement than the average American worker.
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Off With the Offsets
Lawmakers still are trying to repeal Social Security offsets for government employees.
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