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.
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.
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.
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