Pay & Benefits

Pay Bonding

A look at how three agencies have tackled the challenge of linking pay to performance.

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Performance Problem

The Defense Department is taking on a task that has eluded virtually every other federal agency: creating an effective, credible, trusted performance evaluation system.

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It's Not About the Money

The leaders of agencies voted the best places to work in government say pay isn't what motivates their employees.

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'Tis The Open Season

Open enrollment for federal health plans and flexible spending accounts begins Monday.

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Graduation Day

A bill that increases the amount of money agencies can spend repaying employees' student loans gets a passing grade.

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The Right Stuff

Officials weigh the need for pay-for-performance against the difficulty of implementing it.

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Back to the Future

The government still grapples with many of the same personnel problems it faced 25 years ago when the Civil Service Reform Act became law.

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Location, Location

Federal employees on Cape Cod make another attempt to win special locality pay.

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Paying for Protection

Lawmakers wants to close the gap in pay among federal law enforcement officers.

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Preemptive Strike

Veterans’ advocates try to squash a proposal that would severely limit vets’ benefits.

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Retirement Protection

Lawmakers boost retirement benefits for injured feds.

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Radio Days

The largest federal employees union launches a radio advertising blitz against a proposal for a new Defense personnel system.

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Politics of Pay

Lawmakers prepare to ignore President Bush's 2004 civil service pay raise proposal.

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Home game

OPM suggests that federal employees stay home during next week’s NFL kickoff celebration.

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Snowball effect

Glitches in the TSP’s new record keeping system have had unpleasant consequences for some feds.

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Back to school

OPM continues to crack down on fake college degrees in the federal workforce.

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College credit

The Senate recently approved a bill that increased the amount of money agencies can spend to repay employees’ student loans.

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Footing the bill

Readers question why they are paying for a failed TSP contract.

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Healthier and wealthier

A key House subcommittee passes legislation allowing federal retirees to pay health premiums with pre-tax dollars.

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Hurricane help

OPM offers a helping hand to employees hit by Hurricane Claudette.