Pay & Benefits
FAA, controllers union to test system for safety reporting
Plan would protect air traffic controllers from retaliation for raising concerns.
Features
Stand & Deliver
The fledgling Transportation Security Administration is poised to reshape the civil service.
Pay & Benefits
HHS agrees to include union members in bonuses
National Treasury Employees Union still negotiating other contract issues with department.
Management
Mixing It Up
In his quest for diversity, Rep. Danny Davis sets his sights on the senior executive ranks.
Pay & Benefits
Groundhog Day
The battle over pay parity between civilian employees and military members resumes.
Oversight
Analysts urge fine-tuning of performance measurement systems
Effort to link results to budget decisions questioned.
Pay & Benefits
Telework pace picks up at National Science Foundation
More employees and managers favor working remotely, agency survey says.
Oversight
Groups push FAA reauthorization as inspection officials come under fire
Wide range of organizations unite behind stalled legislation for varying reasons.
Defense
House report criticizes Homeland Security’s workforce diversity
DHS says data is outdated, points to success of Hispanic and disabled employees.
Pay & Benefits
Feds need more respect, better benefits, says congressman
Maryland Democrat tells union members that federal workforce is at the forefront of change in policy, labor.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Track
The Office of Personnel Management wants to give federal employees more resources to plan for retirement.
Pay & Benefits
Homeland Security, union officials honor fallen customs officers
Over the past 200 years, 111 officers in the Customs, Immigration and Agriculture Inspection Services have died on the job.
News And Analysis
Mixing It Up
In his quest for diversity, Rep. Danny Davis sets his sights on the senior executive ranks.
Oversight
OPM sets new funding mechanism for executive boards
Agency also issues more than 100 goals for improving hiring and benefits processes.
Pay & Benefits
GAO: Federal workers’ compensation program mismanaged millions of dollars
Report says Labor’s poor management resulted in $13.3 million in improper payments in 2006.
Oversight
TSA extends whistleblower protections
Unions say agreement with Merit Systems Protection Board doesn’t go far enough.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies urged to avoid generational stereotypes
Generation Y includes more than selfish slackers, officials at conference are told.
Pay & Benefits
Generation Gap
Don’t let stereotypes about young and older workers lead to flawed pay and benefits policy.
Pay & Benefits
Employees in the dark on telework policies
New study says one of out three federal employees is ignorant of their agency’s telework policy.
Defense