Pay & Benefits
OPM Finalizes Plan to Allow Most State and Local Government Employees to Run for Partisan Office
Hatch Act update will take effect in June.
Pay & Benefits
OPM's Progress on the Retirement Claims Backlog in One Chart
Slowly but surely the inventory is shrinking, despite a hiccup earlier this year.
Tech
Federal Employee Just Wants to Be Heard
Frustrated worker asks White House to help the little guy navigate the bureaucracy of federal government.
Pay & Benefits
Fewer Senior Executives Are Getting Bonuses, And They’re Not Happy About It
Lack of performance awards is hurting morale and some are considering demotions or leaving government, study finds.
Pay & Benefits
Only Some New Hires Are Contributing the Full Amount to Their Pensions
Most federal employees will owe higher pension contributions retroactively, once their pay systems can accommodate new rates.
Pay & Benefits
House Once Again Targets VA Bonuses
Lawmakers clear legislative provision that would eliminate senior executives’ performance awards in fiscal 2015.
Pay & Benefits
House Republicans Aren’t Budging on Military Compensation
Lawmakers want more studies and reviews.
Management
Half of USPS Executives Will be Retirement Eligible in Three Years
Postal Service is looking to improve its leadership succession program.
Pay & Benefits
New Feds Will Owe the Government Retroactive Pension Contribution Payments …
Once agencies figure out how to charge them for the debt.
Management
Improving Training at Your Agency Just Got A Lot Easier
OPM and GSA team up to consolidate acquisition burden for agencies seeking human capital services.
Defense
The Federal Government Is Giving Fewer People Security Clearances
Approved clearances have dipped 9 percent since 2011.
Management
How Exactly Will Agencies Erase Bias Against Unemployed Job Applicants?
OPM wants reports by the end of the month.
Management
Nationwide Protests Call for End to Postal Service Partnership With Staples
Union, USPS employees say the deal is an affront to federal workers.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Won’t be Able To Escape Their TSP Debt, Even By Leaving Government
The agency that runs the retirement plan will be able to garnish up to 15 percent of former feds’ private sector wages to collect debt.
Defense
Actually, the Army Will 'Involuntarily Separate' Officers
Spokesman walks back Tuesday’s claim Army would not lay anyone off.
Pay & Benefits
The IRS Gave $1 Million in Bonuses to Employees Who Didn’t Pay Their Taxes
Drug users, credit card cheats also received performance awards.
News
Smithsonian Boosts Hipster Credentials to Save Endangered Species
National Zoo enlists indie band to make rare recording.
Defense
Army Denies It Will Lay Off 3,000 Officers to Meet Force Reduction Goals
Service could instead rely on retirements and fewer enlistments.
Management