Pay & Benefits
Reports show legislative branch agencies improving leadership diversity
Despite progress, House chairman and inspectors general say more should be done to boost number of minorities in the SES.
Pay & Benefits
Hiring is high on new OPM director’s agenda
Hager draws on private and public sector experience, calls for greater accountability.
Pay & Benefits
As Wall Street scrambles, TSP plans for upgrades and emergencies
Board chairman praises staff for keeping costs low in fiscal 2009 budget.
Pay & Benefits
Hatch Act rules against politicking more lenient for feds, observers say
Lawmakers consider a bill to let state and local government employees run for partisan office.
Pay & Benefits
Helping Hand
Many federal employees benefit from job security in a struggling economy, but it doesn’t inoculate them against hard times.
Tech
FAA awards air traffic controller training contract to Raytheon
Ten-year deal consolidates two agreements, moves agency closer to transformation.
Oversight
Democrats and Republicans voice different views on government
Convention rhetoric draws the usual battle lines between the two parties on government’s role, but both McCain and Obama acknowledge its significant impact on the public.
News
Agencies in Twin Cities have a peaceful week
Altered bus schedules, lack of parking during GOP convention are the biggest inconveniences so far for federal employees in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Oversight
Obama calls for end of '20th century bureaucracy'
Democratic nominee’s pledge to make federal programs “work better and cost less” echoes effort launched by President Clinton.
Defense
Special TSA force helps secure Democratic convention
A smaller group of screeners will work the Republican convention in Minnesota.
News
The Basics: The Hatch Act
With the conventions under way and the elections drawing closer, now is a good time to brush up on the rules governing political activity in the federal workplace.
Oversight
FAA system failure grounds hundreds of flights
Agency says software problem appears to be the cause.
Oversight
Labor group highlights candidates’ differences on federal employee issues
Views on bargaining rights for airport screeners and contracting show important distinctions between Obama and McCain, AFL-CIO political director says.
Pay & Benefits
Silent Treatment
The presidential candidates have been mum on the campaign trail about the future of the federal workforce.
Oversight
Equal employment report shows mixed success
Federal workers file fewer complaints, but agencies pay more in damages.
Oversight
House majority leader calls for expanding alternative work schedules
Maryland Democrat asks OPM for guidance on motivating agencies to adopt a four-day, 40-hour workweek by October.
Pay & Benefits
Presidential candidates’ management agendas -- or lack thereof -- scrutinized
Government observers urge McCain and Obama to prepare appointees to work with civil servants, address federal pay issues.
Pay & Benefits
Inching Along
Federal pay and benefits issues haven’t been eclipsed completely by politics this election year.
Pay & Benefits