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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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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