Pay & Benefits

The new benefit

Are flexible spending accounts for you?

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A Cautionary Note

The old hands of federal pay and personnel issue a warning to the Bush administration.

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The busy season

Several key federal pay and benefits issues are on Congress’ autumn agenda.

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Locality pay dreams

When it comes to locality pay rates, it seems that everyone wants to escape the "Rest of the United States."

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TSP travail

The latest computer system delay irks TSP participants.

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The good ol' G Fund

The meekest fund in the Thrift Savings Plan is now the most popular.

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Transit quandary

An agency orders an employee to pay back half of his monthly vanpool benefit. Outrage ensues.

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Better buyouts

Better buyouts may be an added bonus of the new Department of Homeland Security.

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A $130 million lift

Federal employees are cashing in on the transit benefit program.

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A 4.1 percent raise

The next steps for the 2003 federal pay increase.

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Trust and pay

Federal workers are skeptical about proposals to give managers more power over their pay. Managers aren’t sure they want that power either.

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Long-term plans

OPM unveiled new features of the long-term care insurance program this week.

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The pay debate

Do you trust your manager to set your pay?

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Cop wars

Agencies are battling for law enforcement officers by boosting their pay and benefits.

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Catch-up slowdown

A bill that would let federal workers over age 50 contribute more money each year to their Thrift Savings Plan accounts has hit a roadblock on Capitol Hill.

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The loneliest number

How many federal workers got student loan help from Uncle Sam last year?

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Retention tension

The Bush administration has squashed a plan to let federal agencies use retention allowances to stop other agencies from hiring away their employees.

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Relocation reality

Federal relocation benefits look good on paper, but many employees say they never get them.

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The small stuff

The latest little turns of the federal pay and benefits world.

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Whither the WIGI?

Are the days numbered for the within-grade increase?