News

Feds At The Polls, Part 1

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Pay & Benefits

Agencies improve online training systems

Rapid advances in technology expand range of available functions and courses.

Oversight

Most civil service lawmakers win reelection

Republican on House oversight panel and advocate for federal employee benefits is defeated.

News

Election Eve

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Pay & Benefits

TSP funds continue to slide in October

Small cap and international stock funds hit hardest.

Features

Ready for A Truce

Union and labor relations officials are united in their desire for a new presidential administration to set a more harmonious tone.

News

Transition Gossip

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Oversight

Senate oversight committee could get a post-election face-lift

Lieberman has a tenuous hold on the chairmanship, and six of the committee’s eight Republican members are retiring or up for reelection.

News

Is Federal Hiring Really That Mysterious?

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Pay & Benefits

Agencies strive to tap talent of disabled employees

Government attempts to reverse an embarrassing decline in the portion of the federal workforce that is disabled.

News

Unions mobilize on behalf of Democratic candidates

Federal employee labor groups are making financial contributions, organizing volunteers and airing ads.

News

Photo Gallery: NSA’s Tool Kit

From computer programs that magnify text to ergonomic keyboards, the National Security Agency offers a variety of devices to help employees do their job.

Pay & Benefits

OPM helps Treasury with hiring flexibilities

Bailout program will require talent from inside and outside government.

Pay & Benefits

Treasury is mum on new hires to manage bailout

Department has authority to fast track federal hiring process.

Pay & Benefits

Unfounded Fears

The economy and stock market might be in a tailspin, but federal employees shouldn’t start panicking about their benefits just yet.

Pay & Benefits

IG community honors auditors and investigators

Agriculture, Defense departments among top award winners.

Pay & Benefits

TSP weathers sharp spike in transactions

On Oct. 10, calls to the plan’s ThriftLine spiked from a normal volume of around 18,000 to nearly 35,000.

Pay & Benefits

Homeland security and traffic concerns drive telework expansion

Agencies must make the work arrangement part of their culture for it to succeed, advocates say.

Oversight

Feds are more mobile, but dissatisfied with agencies’ wireless support

Survey says latest technology could boost employees’ productivity outside the office.

Pay & Benefits

Panel: Transition presents opportunities for civil service reforms

The need for change is significant, but a new administration should be careful and patient, panelists say.