Pay & Benefits
TSP Announces New Investment Chief
Previous head of investing, Ravindra Deo, was appointed executive director last year.
Pay & Benefits
81 Percent of Career Senior Executives Received Bonuses in Fiscal 2016
The average performance award neared $12,000, an increase of more than $3,000 from fiscal 2015.
Pay & Benefits
A TSP Call Center Spike, Shutdown Back Pay and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Confirms Back Pay for Feds Affected by Latest Shutdown
Memo continues pay freeze for top political officials until March.
Management
Appointee Watch: IRS Commissioner Announced as Management Officials Move Forward
Trump announces nominations to State, Homeland Security and FTA.
Pay & Benefits
White House Budget Plan Praises the TSP, Then Cuts It
Plan to change G Fund returns would make fresh retirees invested in the L Income Fund run out of savings eight years earlier.
Pay & Benefits
Workforce Plan Stresses Pay for Performance, OPM Nominee Advances, and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Why Trump’s Performance Pay Fund Won’t Happen in 2019
Proposed $1 billion interagency award pool would only be big enough to give feds currently meeting or exceeding performance standards an average boost of $481 next year.
Oversight
Senate Panel to Vote on OPM Nominations After Long Wait
Hearing ends years of stalling over Obamacare rule process.
Pay & Benefits
Trump Formalizes 2019 Pay Freeze Proposal, Revives Benefits Cuts
The freeze is coupled with a $1 billion interagency fund to reward high performers as a first step in moving the civil service toward pay for performance.
Pay & Benefits
Budget Deal Includes No Changes to Federal Employee Compensation
Pay and benefits are not among the offsets to spending increases, quelling federal employee group fears for now.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employee Union Preps for Year of Benefits Battles
NTEU members lobby lawmakers amid shutdown threat and ahead of budget launch.
Pay & Benefits
New Recruitment Incentives, Agriculture Telework Policy Delayed, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Runs Into Annual Retirement Surge
Nearly 15,000 workers opted to leave federal service in January, in line with previous years.
Management
Lawmakers Make Progress on a Spending Deal
GOP lawmakers have proposed increasing spending caps by $80 billion for defense and $63 billion for non-defense annually.
Management
Senator Proposes Codifying DHS Cost Control Panel
Bill would enshrine agency’s Joint Requirements Council in statute.
Pay & Benefits
Reducing Costs at FEHBP, Civil Service Reform and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
House Oversight Democrats Request Subpoena over HHS Gag Order
Agency has not complied with a nearly year-old information request, Cummings says.
Management